People's Life Party

The People's Life Party & Taro Yamamoto and Friends
生活の党と山本太郎となかまたち
Leader Ichirō Ozawa
President Ichirō Ozawa
Secretary-General Katsumasa Suzuki
Councilors leader Ryo Shuhama
Representatives leader Denny Tamaki
Founded 27 December 2012 (2012-12-27)
Split from Tomorrow Party of Japan
Preceded by People's Life First
Headquarters 2-12-8 Nagatacho
Chiyoda, Tokyo
Ideology

Localism[1] Environmentalism[2] Anti-nuclear power[1] Anti-TPP[1]

Pacifism[3]
Political position Centre-left[4]
Colors Green
Councillors
3 / 242
Representatives
2 / 475
Website
www.seikatsu1.jp/english
Politics of Japan
Political parties
Elections

The People's Life Party & Taro Yamamoto and Friends (生活の党と山本太郎となかまたち Seikatsu no Tō to Yamamoto Tarō to Nakamatachi) is a political party in Japan. It has 7 out of the 480 seats in the House of Representatives, and 3 in the 242-member House of Councillors.

It changed its name from "People's Life Party" on 27 December 2014. The name change was apparently imposed by Yamamoto Tarō as a condition for keeping the party from disbanding.[5]

Foundation

The party was founded by Ichiro Ozawa and 14 other diet members who were in the Tomorrow Party of Japan (TPJ), who left among conflict over party leadership between Ozawa and TPJ leader Yukiko Kada after the TPJ fared badly during the 2012 general election.

Strategy

The party has expressed through Ichiro Ozawa the need for the opposition to coordinate in order to overthrow the Abe government which is seen as a threat to peace and democracy.[6] It specifically outlined a strategy for the 2016 House of Cancillors election, similar to the Italian Coalition The Olive Tree where each party keeps its members and identity, while fighting elections under the same banner. The projected alliance would be open to the centrist Democratic Party of Japan, the Japanese Communist Party and independents.[4]

Presidents of PLP

No. Name Term of office Image
Took Office Left Office
1 Yuko Mori
森 裕子 / 森 ゆうこ
Mori Yūko		 27 December 2012 25 January 2013
2 Ichirō Ozawa
小沢 一郎
Ozawa Ichirō		 25 January 2013 Incumbent

PLP members in the Diet

House of Representatives

House of Councillors

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Four core policies (in English)".
  2. ↑ "Political Principles (in English)".
  3. ↑ "On the importance of a robust Japan-Republic of Korea relationship to the peace of East Asia (in English)".
  4. 1 2 "The opposition parties should unite and fight together to take control of the government (in English)".
  5. ↑ http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/politics/20141226-OYT1T50100.html
  6. ↑ http://www.seikatsu1.jp/enews/20151015.html

External links

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