Unity Party (Japan)

Unity Party
Kết いの đảng
Unity Party Kết いの đảng
Leader	Kenji Eda
Secretary-General	Jiro Ono
Founder	Kenji Eda
Founded	18 December 2013
Dissolved	21 September 2014
Split from	Your Party
Merged into	Japan Innovation Party
Headquarters	2-9-6 Nagatacho; Chiyoda, Tokyo
Newspaper	Conservative Japan
Colors	Blue
Website
	yuinotoh.jp
	Politics of Japan; Political parties; Elections;

TheUnity Party(Kết いの đảng,Yui no Tō)was a Japanesepolitical party.

History

The party was formed in December 2013 byKenji Edaand 13 other legislators who leftYour Party.^[1]Your Party initially refused to acknowledge that six councillors had left its caucus in theHouse of Councillors,but filed a notice in February 2014 which acknowledged their departure from Your Party, allowing the Unity Party to have formal representation in the upper house.^[2]

The party supportedMorihiro Hosokawain the2014 Tokyo gubernatorial election.^[3]

Eda had discussions with theJapan Restoration Partyin early 2014 with a view toward coordinating the two parties' policy stances. JRP co-headShintaro Ishihararejected the idea of coordinating with the Unity Party on the basis of their support for theConstitution of Japan,while the other JRP co-headToru Hashimotosaw room for agreement on the scope of necessary revisions to the Constitution.^[4]

On 21 September 2014, the Unity Party and the Japan Restoration Party merged to form theJapan Innovation Party.^[5]

Presidents of UP

No.	Name	Image	Term of office
No.	Name	Image	Took office	Left office
Preceding party:Your Party
1	Kenji Eda		18 December 2013	21 September 2014
Successor parties:Japan Innovation Party

Members in the Diet

House of Representatives

Yoichiro Aoyagi(South Kanto PR block)
Kenji Eda(Kanagawa 8th district)
Mitsunari Hatanaka(Kinki PR block)
Hiroki Hayashi(Tohoku PR block)
Yosei Ide(Hokuriku-Shin'etsu PR block)
Nobuhiko Isaka(Kinki PR block)
Masanari Koike(Tokai PR block)
Mito Kakizawa(Tokyo 15th district)
Tsuyoshi Shiina(South Kanto PR block)

House of Councillors

Yukio Fujimaki(National block)
Ryuhei Kawada(National block)
Yuichi Mayama(National block)
Jiro Ono(National block)
Takumi Shibata(National block)
Sukeshiro Terata(National block)

Election results

Tokyo Gubernatorial Elections

Election	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
2014	Morihiro Hosokawa^[a]	956,063	19.39	Lost

Notes

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References

^"Eda names new party Yui no To".Japan Today.18 December 2013.Retrieved20 January2014.
^"Kết いの đảng: Tham viện でも hội phái kết thành".Mainichi Shimbun.14 February 2014.Retrieved17 February2014.
^"Tự công は suyễn thiêm thị, dân ・ kết い・ sinh が tế xuyên thị đô tri sự tuyển".Nhật bổn kinh tế tân văn.19 January 2014.Retrieved20 January2014.
^"“Cải hiến で hợp ý khả năng” kết いの đảng との hiệp nghị に kiều hạ thị ".MSN Sankei News.19 January 2014. Archived fromthe originalon 1 March 2014.Retrieved17 February2014.
^"“New opposition party launched as Ishin no To".Japan Times.22 September 2014.Retrieved22 September2014.

External links

Official website

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[1] "Eda names new party Yui no To".Japan Today.18 December 2013.Retrieved20 January2014.

[2] "Kết いの đảng: Tham viện でも hội phái kết thành".Mainichi Shimbun.14 February 2014.Retrieved17 February2014.

[3] "Tự công は suyễn thiêm thị, dân ・ kết い・ sinh が tế xuyên thị đô tri sự tuyển".Nhật bổn kinh tế tân văn.19 January 2014.Retrieved20 January2014.

[4] "“Cải hiến で hợp ý khả năng” kết いの đảng との hiệp nghị に kiều hạ thị ".MSN Sankei News.19 January 2014. Archived fromthe originalon 1 March 2014.Retrieved17 February2014.

[5] "“New opposition party launched as Ishin no To".Japan Times.22 September 2014.Retrieved22 September2014.

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