Kizuna Party

The Shinto Kizuna (Japanese新党きづな, " New Party Kizuna ."; Engl Kizuna Party ) was a political party in Japan, the former members of the Democratic party in the national parliament founded at the turn of 2011/2012. In November 2012, she was part of the DP spin-off Kokumin no Seikatsu ga Daiichi.

Holding the Democratic Party chairman Yoshihiko Noda and his Cabinet at the already announced under predecessor Naoto Kan doubling of VAT was rejected by Ozawa -related parts of the party that wanted to strictly stick to the election program of 2009, including in particular the promise of the VAT in the current legislature not to increase. During the preliminary budgets for the fiscal year 2012 (April 2012 - March 2013 ) declared nine, mostly young, elected on the proportional representation in the House Democrats end of December 2011 her party exit and founded on 30 December 2011, the Shinto Kizuna. Kizuna, dt about "Band " or " connection " was the word of the year 2011 and was used especially after the Tōhoku earthquake to express the cohesion of Japanese society in support for those affected.

Chairman of the party was Akira Uchiyama, deputy from Chiba, Director General, Koichiro Watanabe from Tokyo, who had already in 2011 the Minshutō Kokumin no Koe led a group of 16 Democrats who during the budget deliberations in 2011 - a few weeks before the Tohoku Earthquake - their party outlet were threatening. Since the Shinto Kizuna was established before 1 January 2012 and its more than five deputies belonged, it was regarded in 2012 as a political party in a legal sense.

After the summer of 2012 Ozawa himself with another of his followers left the Democratic Party, the Shinto Kizuna formed a parliamentary group with Ozawa's new party Kokumin no Seikatsu ga Daiichi. Shortly before the previously announced termination of Shūgiin in November 2012, the Shinto Kizuna for the House of Representatives election joined in December 2012, the Ozawa party; Exception was the chairman Uchiyama, the first party affiliation was, but then as the other members took for the future party at the federal election.

Founding members

  • Akira Uchiyama ( Chiba 7, 3rd term ), chairman of the party
  • Koichiro Watanabe ( Tokyo proportional representation, 2nd term ), Secretary-General
  • Mitsuji Ishida ( proportional southern Kantō, 2nd term )
  • Juntaro Toyoda ( proportional representation Kinki, 2nd term ), Parliamentary Affairs
  • Yasunori Saitō ( Miyagi 2, 1st term ), Political Research
  • Atsushi chugo ( proportional southern Kantō, 1st term )
  • Masae Kobayashi ( proportional representation Tōkai, 1st term )
  • Nobuaki Miwa ( proportional representation Tōkai, 1st term )
  • Yoshihiko Watanabe ( proportional representation Kinki, 1st term )
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