New Party Sakigake

New Party Sakigake

新党さきがけ
*Shintō Sakigake*
New Party Sakigake 新党さきがけ; Shintō Sakigake
Founder	Masayoshi Takemura
Founded	1993
Dissolved	31 October 2004
Split from	Liberal Democratic Party (Liberal conservative faction); Japan New Party; Socialist Democratic Federation;
Ideology	Liberalism; Reformism Shitsujitsu kokka; ;
Political position	Centre to centre-left
Colours	Light blue (official); Dark blue (customary);
	Politics of Japan; Political parties; Elections;

The New Party Sakigake (新党さきがけ, Shintō Sakigake), also known as the New Harbinger Party, was a political party in Japan that broke away from the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on 22 June 1993. The party was created by Masayoshi Takemura. The party was centrist, and had many reformist and even moderate ecological elements. The theoretical leader was Shusei Tanaka. Yukio Hatoyama and Naoto Kan also took part but later moved to the Democratic Party of Japan.