Japan Innovation Party
Japan Innovation Party 日本維新の会 | |
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| Abbreviation | Ishin JIP |
| Secretary-General | Ryohei Iwatani |
| Leaders | Hirofumi Yoshimura Seiji Maehara |
| Founders | Ichirō Matsui Tōru Hashimoto |
| Founded | 2 November 2015 |
| Split from | Japan Innovation Party |
| Headquarters | Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan |
| Newspaper | Nippon Ishin |
| Student wing | Ishin Students |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre-right[A] |
| Regional affiliation | Osaka Restoration Association |
| Colours | Lime green |
| Slogan | 維新はやる。まっすぐに、改革を Ishin wa yaru. Massuguni kaikaku o. ('We'll do this. Innovation straight away.') |
| Councillors | 20 / 248 |
| Representatives | 38 / 465 |
| Prefectural assembly members | 124 / 2,598 |
| Municipal assembly members | 766 / 32,430 |
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^ A: The party is commonly seen in Japanese and Western media as centre-right. The party is sometimes described as far-right by South Korean outlets. | |
The Japan Innovation Party (日本維新の会, Nippon Ishin no Kai; Japan Restoration Association) is a conservative and centre-right to right-wing populist political party in Japan. Formed as Initiatives from Osaka in October 2015 from a split in the old Japan Innovation Party, the party became the third-biggest opposition party in the National Diet following the 2016 House of Councillors election.
The Japan Innovation Party advocates decentralization, federalism (Dōshūsei), free education, and limited government policies. Arguing to remove defense spending limits, and standing with the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on revising the constitution, the party gained conservative support during the 2021 general election, primarily in Osaka. The party represents a form of right-wing populism that opposes the LDP's entrenched control over Japanese politics and bureaucracy, known as the 1955 system.