Vision of Reform[1]
改革結集の会
LeaderToshihide Muraoka
PresidentSakihito Ozawa
ChairmanShinji Oguma
FounderSakihito Ozawa
Founded21 December 2015 (2015-12-21)
Dissolved25 March 2016 (2016-03-25)
Split fromJapan Innovation Party
Merged intoDemocratic Party
IdeologyDecentralization
Limited government
Political positionCentre-right
ColorsLight blue
Website
vision-of-reform.jp

Vision of Reform[1] (改革結集の会, Kaikaku Kesshū no Kai, "Reform Assembly") was a Japanese political party formed in November 2015 by former environment minister Sakihito Ozawa following the split in the Japan Innovation Party.[2] The party dissolved in March 2016, with 4 of the 5 members joining the Democratic Party.

History

The Japan Innovation Party suffered a major split between August and October 2015, resulting in one of the party's founders, Tōru Hashimoto, to lead Osaka-based members in forming the Initiatives from Osaka party. Following the split, several of the remaining members of the Innovation Party expressed their intention to also leave the party due to dissatisfaction with Yorihisa Matsuno's leadership. Four of the members, Sakihito Ozawa, Shinji Oguma, Kazuhito Shigetoku and Toshihide Muraoka submitted their resignation from the party on 22 October 2015.[3] Together with Taro Yamada, the President of The Assembly to Energize Japan, the group submitted an application to register a new party named the Sōmō no Kai (草莽の会, lit. commoners' party) on 18 November 2015.[2] Yamada eventually chose not to leave the Assembly to Energize Japan. However, on 14 December Yoshihiro Suzuki, who had been sitting as an independent following his resignation from the Innovation Party, agreed to join the group. Having met the required 5-member minimum for registration as a party, the Vision of Reform was registered on 21 December 2015.[4]

The members of the party were invited to participate in the merger of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) and Japan Innovation Party in March 2016. Following a meeting with DPJ leader Yukio Edano on 22 March, Muraoka announced that four of the party's five members would participate in the merger.[5] The party submitted their formal dissolution papers to the House of Representatives on 25 March 2016.[6] Muraoka, Oguma, Shigetoku and Suzuki joined the formation of the Democratic Party that resulted from the DPJ-Innovation Party merger on 27 March 2016, while Ozawa indicated his intention to join the Initiatives from Osaka party.[5]

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References

  1. ^ a b "Strength of the In-House Groups in the House of Representatives". The House of Representatives. 22 December 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  2. ^ a b "維新離党組が政治団体" [Departed Innovation Party faction forms new group]. Asahi Shimbun. 19 November 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  3. ^ "維新、４人が離党届" [4 Innovation Party members submit resignation]. Asahi Shimbun. 23 October 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  4. ^ "Ex-Japan Innovation Party members form new party". 21 December 2015. Archived from the original on 6 January 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  5. ^ a b "改革結集の４人、民進に合流＝小沢鋭氏はおおさか維新へ" [4 Vision of Reform members to merge with Democratic Party - Ozawa to join Initiatives from Osaka] (in Japanese). 22 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  6. ^ "改革結集の会、衆院事務局に解散届" [Vision of Reform submits dissolution papers to House of Reps office] (in Japanese). 25 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
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