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Greens Japan
緑の党グリーンズジャパン
Midori no Tō
PresidentSatoshi Yagi, Nao Suguro, Hitoshi Nakayama
Founded22 November 2008 (22 November 2008)
(Established as a political party 28 July 2012)
Merger ofRainbow and Greens
Japan Greens
HeadquartersKōenji Bldg. 404, 2-3-4 Kōenji-Kita, Suginami, Tokyo
Membership (2012)Increase 1,000 [1]
Ideology
Political positionCentre-left to left-wing
Regional affiliationAsia Pacific Greens Federation
International affiliationGlobal Greens
Councillors
0 / 242
Representatives
0 / 480
Prefectural assembly members
2 / 2,609
City, special ward, town and village assembly members
30 / 29,839
Website
greens.gr.jp

The Greens Japan (緑の党グリーンズジャパン, Midori no Tō Greens Japan, literally "green party Greens Japan") is an established national green party in Japan.

After the electoral success of Green activist Ryuhei Kawada in the 2007 House of Councillors election, the local green political network Rainbow and Greens had reportedly decided to dissolve itself and merge with the Japan Greens in December 2007. The two precedent organizations dissolved themselves and relaunched as Greens Japan, a political organization in late 2008, under its former Japanese name, Midori no Mirai (みどりの未来 - "green future").

History

The party was founded in July 2012 and held its first general assembly in that same month.[5]

Representation

The party has a number of elected city council members/councillors in towns and cities across Japan.[6] On the 22 November 2010, Kazumi Inamura became the first popularly elected Greens Japan Mayor, in the city of Amagasaki. As well as being the youngest mayor elected in Japan’s history at the age of 38, she is also the first popularly elected female mayor of the city. She won the mayoralty with 54% of the vote.[7][8][9]

Party establishment

On 28 July 2012, the party was officially re-established under its new name by local assembly members and civic groups to run in the Upper House election. Two of the core policies of the party at launch were to reduce, and ultimately terminate Japan's nuclear power generation, and oppose the nation's entry into the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).

See also

References

  1. ^ Anti-nuclear campaigners launch Japan's first green party. The Guardian. Published 30 July 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  2. ^ Japan must not join negotiations for TPP. Greens Japan (official website). Published March 13th, 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  3. ^ Anti-nuclear campaigners launch Japan's first green party. The Guardian. Published 30 July 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  4. ^ 'Greens Japan formal declaration on the occasion of the relaunch of the Sendai Nuclear Plant'. Greens Japan (official website). Published 11 August 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  5. ^ "About Greens Japan". Greens Japan. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  6. ^ "Council member and a city mayor list belong in Greens Japan". Greens Japan. 27 December 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  7. ^ Rahman, Shabrina (19 November 2020). "Kazumi Inamura, Mayor, Amagasaki, Japan". Global Green News. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  8. ^ Imamoto, Shuji (23 November 2010). "Ms Kazumi Inamura elected the City Mayor of Amagasaki – the first Green Mayor in Japan!". Asia-Pacific Greens. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  9. ^ "Kazumi Inamura receives 54% of the vote to become the first Green mayor elected in Japan". Asia-Pacific Greens. 22 November 2010. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
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