Unity Party
結いの党
LeaderKenji Eda
Secretary-GeneralJiro Ono
FounderKenji Eda
Founded18 December 2013 (2013-12-18)
Dissolved21 September 2014 (2014-09-21)
Split fromYour Party
Merged intoJapan Innovation Party
Headquarters2-9-6 Nagatacho
Chiyoda, Tokyo
NewspaperConservative Japan
IdeologyLiberal conservatism[1]
Conservatism[2]
Liberalism[3]
ColorsBlue
Website
yuinotoh.jp

The Unity Party (結いの党, Yui no Tō) was a Japanese political party.

History

The party was formed in December 2013 by Kenji Eda and 13 other legislators who left Your Party.[4] Your Party initially refused to acknowledge that six councillors had left its caucus in the House of Councillors, but filed a notice in February 2014 which acknowledged their departure from Your Party, allowing the Unity Party to have formal representation in the upper house.[5]

The party supported Morihiro Hosokawa in the 2014 Tokyo gubernatorial election.[6]

Eda had discussions with the Japan Restoration Party in early 2014 with a view toward coordinating the two parties' policy stances. JRP co-head Shintaro Ishihara rejected the idea of coordinating with the Unity Party on the basis of their support for the Constitution of Japan, while the other JRP co-head Toru Hashimoto saw room for agreement on the scope of necessary revisions to the Constitution.[7]

On 21 September 2014, the Unity Party and the Japan Restoration Party merged to form the Japan Innovation Party.[8]

Presidents of UP

No. Name Image Term of office
Took office Left office
Preceding party: Your Party
1 Kenji Eda 18 December 2013 21 September 2014
Successor parties: Japan Innovation Party

Members in the Diet

House of Representatives

House of Councillors

Election results

Tokyo Gubernatorial Elections

Election Candidate Votes  % Result
2014 Morihiro Hosokawa[lower-alpha 1] 956,063 19.39 Lost

Notes

  1. ↑ supported

References

  1. ↑ "党の理念 | 結いの党". 2014-09-23. Archived from the original on 2014-09-23.
  2. ↑ "党の理念 | 結いの党". 2014-09-23. Archived from the original on 2014-09-23.
  3. ↑ "党の理念 | 結いの党". 2014-09-23. Archived from the original on 2014-09-23.
  4. ↑ "Eda names new party Yui no To". Japan Today. 18 December 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  5. ↑ "結いの党:参院でも会派結成". Mainichi Shimbun. 14 February 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
  6. ↑ "自公は舛添氏、民・結い・生が細川氏 都知事選". 日本経済新聞. 19 January 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  7. ↑ "「改憲で合意可能」 結いの党との協議に橋下氏". MSN Sankei News. 19 January 2014. Archived from the original on 1 March 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
  8. ↑ "「New opposition party launched as Ishin no To". Japan Times. 22 September 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2014.

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