is a Japanese parliamentary caucus consisting of

Yoshimi Watanabe is a Japanese politician. He was formerly a member of the Liberal Democratic Party and later the founder of Your Party, after which he became a member of Nippon Ishin no Kai until 2019 when he then became an independent politician. He was a memb ...

and Takashi Tachibana, later Satoshi Hamada after Tachibana forfeited his seat, in the

House of Councillors The is the upper house of the National Diet of Japan. The House of Representatives is the lower house. The House of Councillors is the successor to the pre-war House of Peers. If the two houses disagree on matters of the budget, treaties, or ...

. It was also a

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led by Watanabe from 2009 until its dissolution in 2014.

History

Led by

, who split from the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), the party was founded on August 8, 2009 after then-Prime Minister

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dissolved the lower house. One concept behind the party was to make the government more democratic, and to eliminate control of the government by non-elected members established in the bureaucracy. In this respect, Watanabe has repeatedly stated that his position is compatible with the

Democratic Party of Japan The was a centristThe Democratic Party of Japan was widely described as centrist: * * * * * * * to centre-left liberal or social-liberal political party in Japan from 1998 to 2016. The party's origins lie in the previous Democratic ...

. Your Party advocated lower taxation, free enterprise, smaller government, and less regulation. The party fielded 13 candidates in the August 2009 general elections. Five of those candidates were elected to the lower house. In the 2010 house of Councillors election, it gained 10 seats. It also made gains at the 2011 regional elections, and in the 2012 general election, where it increased its seats from eight in the lower house to eighteen. Following an announcement by Prime Minister

Shinzō Abe Shinzo Abe ( ; ja, 安倍晋三, Hepburn: , ; 21 September 1954 – 8 July 2022) was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) from 2006 to 2007 and again from 2012 to 20 ...

for an

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to be held in December 2014, the party's 20 members voted on November 19, 2014 to disband on November 28, 2014. Falling support and disagreement over whether to side with the ruling coalition in the upcoming election were identified as reasons for the split.Abe’s snap election claims first victim as Your Party disbands November 19, 2014
'' Japan Times'' Retrieved June 2, 2016

Presidents of YP

Election results

House of Representatives

House of Councillors

References

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* {{Authority control Conservative parties in Japan Libertarian parties in Japan Political parties established in 2009 2009 establishments in Japan Political parties disestablished in 2014 2014 disestablishments in Japan Neoliberal parties