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The , also referred to in English as the Japan Restoration Association, was a Japanese political party. It was launched on 12 September 2012 and gained official recognition on 28 September 2012. The party started as the regional Osaka Restoration Association, headed by Tōru Hashimoto, Mayor of Osaka, and Ichirō Matsui, Governor of Osaka Prefecture. On 17 November 2012 Hashimoto and Ishihara announced the merger of the Japan Restoration Party and the Sunrise Party, the party which was then led by Ishihara, as a "third force" to contest the general election on 16 December 2012.〔Japan Today/AP, "(Ishihara, Hashimoto announce 'third force' in Japanese politics )", "Japan Today", 18 November 2012〕 The merged organization, which retained the name the Japan Restoration Party, is Japan's only national political party based outside Tokyo.〔Johnston, Eric, "(Nippon Ishin no Kai: Local but with national outlook )", ''Japan Times'', 3 October 2012, p. 3〕 After the election it had 54 seats in the lower house and 9 members in the upper house.〔(Japan's ruling bloc wins upper house poll )〕〔(UPDATE: Ruling coalition wins Upper House in landslide; breaks Diet gridlock )〕〔(Abe cements power with LDP’s sweeping victory in Upper House race )〕 On May 28, 2014, co-leaders Hashimoto and Shintarō Ishihara agreed to split the party after many internal differences and a proposed merger with the Unity Party;〔http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/politics/AJ201405290037〕 in effect, Ishihara's group split off from the JRP and formed the Party for Future Generations. Later, Hashimoto and Kenji Eda of the Unity Party agreed to merge their parties. The JRP was subsequently dissolved; the result of the merger is the Japan Innovation Party. ==Party launch and early days== National political parties in Japan require a minimum of five Diet members to be recognized, and in 2012 the party gained seven sitting Diet members through defections from other parties. On 28 September 2012 an application for party recognition was submitted to the Ministry of the Interior through the Osaka prefectural electoral board.This was accepted and the party was officially launched. The Osaka Restoration Association, also headed by Hashimoto and Matsui, was placed under the umbrella of the new national party.〔The Daily Yomiuri (Nippon Ishin no Kai officially launched September 30, 2012 ) Retrieved on October 2, 2012〕 The first meeting of the nine JRA lawmakers was held on 3 October 2012. Yorihisa Matsuno, a member of the House of Representatives who had formerly been in the Democratic Party of Japan, was selected as the leader of the nine lawmakers, and rules of conduct were also adopted.〔Daily Yomiuri (Nippon Ishin no Kai holds 1st meeting October 4, 2012 ) Retrieved on October 4, 2012〕 The party's first general meeting was held on 6 October 2012, with Matsuno formally becoming a deputy party leader, along with Yutaka Imai, a member of the Osaka Prefectural Assembly. Hashimoto said that in cases where national NRA members and regional assembly members could not agree he would make a decision.〔Daily Yomiuri (Nippon Ishin no Kai holds 1st general meeting October 8, 2012 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Japan Restoration Party」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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