Tomin First no Kai
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Tomin First no Kai (Japanese: 都民ファーストの会, Hepburn: Tomin Fāsuto no Kai, Tokyoites First Party, lit. 'Metropolitan Citizens First Association') is a regional political party in Tokyo, Japan.
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Tomin First no Kai 都民ファーストの会 | |
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President | Chiharu Araki |
Founder | Yuriko Koike |
Founded | 23 January 2017 (2017-01-23) |
Headquarters | Toshima, Tokyo |
Ideology | "Tokyo’s Great Reform" (self-proclaimed)[1] Localism[1] Conservatism[2] Japanese nationalism[3] Right-wing populism[4] |
Political position | Right-wing[5][3][A] |
National affiliation | First no Kai (2021–) Kibō no Tō (2017–2018) |
Colours | Green |
Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly | 27 / 127 |
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Website | |
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^ A: It is also sometimes rated as centre-right[6] or far-right.[7][3] |
The party was founded by Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike in 2017. Koike later stepped down as the party's leader and is no longer officially affiliated with the party, however her policies and image continue to form the backbone of the party's platform and she continues to endorse and campaign for its candidates.[8]
The party won the most seats in the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly in 2017 in what was widely described as a wave election, the party later lost control of the Assembly in the 2021 election, becoming the second-largest party in the chamber.