Rainbow and Greens (虹と緑, ''Niji to Midori'') was a Green political organization in

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from 1998–2008. It was a nationwide network of prefectural assembly members, usually running on local platforms variously named as "living citizen network", "living club", "living cooperative" or the Rainbow and Greens 500-Member List Movement . It is a member of the

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. The national spokespersons for the party were Kiyoshi Matsuyabr>
former

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assembly member and the city councillor Mutsuko Katsur

in

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. The symbol of the "rainbow" represents

diversity Diversity, diversify, or diverse may refer to: Business *Diversity (business), the inclusion of people of different identities (ethnicity, gender, age) in the workforce *Diversity marketing, marketing communication targeting diverse customers * ...

solidarity Solidarity or solidarism is an awareness of shared interests, objectives, standards, and sympathies creating a psychological sense of unity of groups or classes. True solidarity means moving beyond individual identities and single issue politics ...

and the

cooperation Cooperation (written as co-operation in British English and, with a varied usage along time, coöperation) takes place when a group of organisms works or acts together for a collective benefit to the group as opposed to working in competition ...

which respect personal differences; the colour "green" signifies conversion to an economy which coexists with natural environment.

Electoral record

In the 2004 parliamentary election, this network of local groups supported the

Democratic Party of Japan The was a Centrism, centristThe Democratic Party of Japan was widely described as centrist: * * * * * * * to Centre-left politics, centre-left, Liberalism, liberal or Social liberalism, social-liberal List of political parties in Japan, ...

and the conservative-leaning national Green party Environmental Green Political Assembly (''Midori no Kaigi''). In the 2007 election, the party supported Ryuhei Kawada, who was elected to the

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. Kawada announced that he will organize a Green party group in the House, helping the Rainbow and Greens to become a national political party. Reportedly, the Rainbow and Greens have decided to dissolve itself in December 2007 and merge with the Japan Greens.

References

External links

Rainbow and Greens
official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Rainbow And Greens Green political parties Defunct political parties in Japan Political parties established in 1998 Political parties disestablished in 2008 1998 establishments in Japan 2008 disestablishments in Japan