Liberal Party (Japan, 1998)

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Liberal Party 自由党 Jiyūtō
Founders	Ichirō Ozawa Hirohisa Fujii
Founded	1 January 1998
Dissolved	26 September 2003
Split from	New Frontier Party
Merged into	Democratic Party of Japan
Ideology	Liberalism (Japanese) Neoliberalism Neoconservatism
Political position	Centre-right[1]
International affiliation	Liberal International (observer)[2]
Colors	Blue
Politics of Japan Political parties Elections

The Liberal Party (自由党, Jiyū-tō) was a political party in Japan formed in 1998 by Ichirō Ozawa and Hirohisa Fujii. It is now defunct, having joined the Democratic Party of Japan in 2003.

The Liberal Party were part of the Japanese liberal parties genealogy, neoliberal^[3] and neoconservative.^{[citation needed]}