New Party Sakigake

The New Party Sakigake (Japanese新党 さきがけ, Shinto Sakigake; around New Party Harbinger, . Engl New Party Harbinger, NPH) was formed in June 1993, little cleavage of members of the Liberal Democratic Party ( LDP) led by Masayoshi Takemura. How the LDP was the New Party Sakigake a conservative party, but called for reforms in various areas, including the regulation of municipal finance and environmental protection.

Initially, the New Party Sakigake Party worked with the almost simultaneous spin-offs from the LDP Renewal Party and one years older New Japan in the opposition together so that Prime Minister Miyazawa Kiichi lost its majority in parliament. The New Party Sakigake participated in a coalition of all the former opposition parties except the Communist Party. However, after now following two governments had collapsed without LDP participation after less than a year of internal disputes, the Sakigake entered into a coalition with the LDP together with the Social Democrats. Under Prime Minister Murayama Tomiichi presented the Sakigake two ministers.

Since the first establishment of the Democratic Party (DPJ ) in 1996, were involved in the parts of the Sakigake, existed essentially only a small fraction of the upper house. The end of the formal cooperation with the LDP - in Parliament they cooperated continue - an emphasis on their environmental program and an official name change to Sakigake (Japaneseさきがけ, English now Sakigake Party. ) In October 1998 the gradual decline could not stop. In the Upper House elections in 1998 and the general election, 2000, the Sakigake received each zero and mandates decreed thereafter only on the three seats in the upper house, which were not elected in 1998.

After more Sakigake members of the DPJ had joined the party broke up in January 2002. The one remaining upper house MPs Atsuo Nakamura founded the Green Conference (みどり の 会議, midori no kaigi ), although at the national level was meaningless, but was able to achieve notable successes in local elections. This is now part of the Green grouping table (みどり の テーブル, midori no tēburu ), the 2008 part of Midori no Mirai ( "Green Future" ) was.