Liberal Party (Japan, 2016)

Liberal Party

自由党
Liberal Party 自由党
President	Ichirō Ozawa
Secretary-General	Katsumasa Suzuki
Councilors leader	Ryo Shuhama
Representatives leader	Denny Tamaki
Founder	Ichirō Ozawa
Founded	28 December 2012
Dissolved	26 April 2019
Merger of	Tomorrow Party of Japan
Preceded by	People's Life First
Merged into	Democratic Party For the People
Headquarters	2-12-8 Nagatacho; Chiyoda, Tokyo
Colors	Blue
	Politics of Japan; Political parties; Elections;

The Liberal Party (自由党, Jiyū-tō) was a political party in Japan that merged with the Democratic Party For the People on 26 April 2019.^[1] It had 2 out of the 475 seats in the House of Representatives, and 3 in the 242-member House of Councillors prior to merging. Formed as the People's Life Party (生活の党) in December 2012, it changed its name to People's Life Party & Taro Yamamoto and Friends (生活の党と山本太郎となかまたち) in December 2014. The party adopted the name Liberal Party in October 2016 in preparation for an expected general election in early 2017.^[2]

^ ^a ^b ^c Kyodo, Jiji (26 April 2019). "Democratic Party for the People, Japan's second-largest opposition force, absorbs Ozawa's Liberals". The Japan Times. Archived from the original on 27 April 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
^ Yoshida, Reiji (13 October 2016). "Liberal Party is reborn in Seikatsu no To rebranding ahead of possible election". Japan Times. Retrieved 17 October 2016.

[dpp-1] Kyodo, Jiji (26 April 2019). "Democratic Party for the People, Japan's second-largest opposition force, absorbs Ozawa's Liberals". The Japan Times. Archived from the original on 27 April 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2019.

[LibParty-2] Yoshida, Reiji (13 October 2016). "Liberal Party is reborn in Seikatsu no To rebranding ahead of possible election". Japan Times. Retrieved 17 October 2016.

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