New Fraternity Party
The New Fraternity Party (新党友愛, Shintō Yūai) was a Japanese political party that existed in early 1998. It was founded by Diet members that broke away from the New Frontier Party in January 1998. It was a liberal party espousing various left of centre causes.
New Fraternity Party 新党友愛 Shintō Yūai | |
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| President | Kansei Nakano |
| Founded | 1 January 1998 |
| Dissolved | 27 April 1998 |
| Split from | New Frontier |
| Merged into | Democratic (1998) |
| Ideology | Social liberalism Democratic socialism |
| Website | |
| https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.shinto-yuuai.com/ | |
The name has its origins in the Taishō period democratic movements, which used the word yūai (fraternity) as a motto. The party also claimed that yūai had a phonetic similarity to the English "you and I", representing their hope of cooperating with ordinary Japanese.
The party was led by Lower House member Kansei Nakano, now a member of the Democratic Party.
In April 1998, the New Fraternity Party merged with the Good Governance Party, the previous Democratic Party (1996) and the Democratic Reform Party (民主改革連合, Minshu-Kaikaku-Rengō) to form the brand-new Democratic Party (1998).[1]
Presidents of NFP
| No. | Name | Term of office | ||
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| Took Office | Left Office | |||
| Preceding parties: New Frontier Party | ||||
| 1 | Kansei Nakano | 5 January 1998 | 24 April 1998 | |
| Successor party: Democratic Party (1998) | ||||
See also
References
- Hoover, William D. (2011). Historical Dictionary of Postwar Japan. The Scarecrow Press. p. xxxvii. ISBN 9780810854604.