New Frontier Party

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The New Frontier Party was a short-lived Japanese political party in the mid-1990s that sought to challenge the long-dominant Liberal Democratic Party through a centrist, reform-oriented platform.

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New Frontier Party (Japan) 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf centrist political party
defunct political party
political party
chairman Ichirō Ozawa NERFINISHED
country Japan
dissolved 1997-12-31
followedBy Democratic Party of Japan NERFINISHED
Liberal Party (Japan, 1998) NERFINISHED
New Komeito Party NERFINISHED
other successor groups
goal to challenge the Liberal Democratic Party
to create a viable alternative ruling party
headquartersLocation Tokyo
ideology economic liberalism
liberalism
political reform
reformism
inception 1994-12-10
languageOfName Japanese
legislativeBody House of Councillors of Japan NERFINISHED
House of Representatives of Japan NERFINISHED
nativeName 新進党 NERFINISHED
notableMember Ichirō Ozawa NERFINISHED
Kōji Kakizawa NERFINISHED
Naoto Kan NERFINISHED
Toshiki Kaifu NERFINISHED
Tsutomu Hata NERFINISHED
Yōhei Kōno NERFINISHED
opposedParty Liberal Democratic Party NERFINISHED
peakHouseOfCouncillorsSeats 38
peakHouseOfRepresentativesSeats 156
platform administrative reform
economic deregulation
electoral reform
fiscal consolidation
political corruption reduction
politicalPosition centre
precededBy Democratic Socialist Party NERFINISHED
Japan New Party NERFINISHED
Japan Renewal Party NERFINISHED
Komeito NERFINISHED
Rōdōsha no Seiji Rengō NERFINISHED
other small reformist parties
president Ichirō Ozawa NERFINISHED
reasonForDissolution factional conflicts
internal divisions
strategic disagreements over alliances
secretaryGeneral Toshiki Kaifu NERFINISHED
shortName NFP NERFINISHED
Shinshintō NERFINISHED
timePeriod mid-1990s

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Ichirō Ozawa memberOfPoliticalParty New Frontier Party
Liberal Party (Japan, 1998) originatedFrom New Frontier Party
this entity surface form: New Frontier Party (Japan)
Liberal Party (Japan, 1998) splitFrom New Frontier Party
this entity surface form: New Frontier Party (Japan)
Liberal Party (Japan, 1998) precededBy New Frontier Party
this entity surface form: New Frontier Party (Japan)