Ichirou Ozawa
Ichirou Ozawa (小沢一郎) was a powerful politician in Japan.
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History
After the New Frontier Party fragmented in 1998, Ozawa dissolved it and founded the new Liberal Party.
In 2003, the Liberal Party merged with the Democratic Party of Japan and Ozawa became party leader.
A component of Ozawa's electoral strategy was running women in districts where the DPJ did not have an otherwise strong candidate. This boosted the social image of the party at large, and netted some surprise victories. This cohort of female Diet member's became known as Ozawa's Girls, in the same tradition as the Madonna Boom and the Koizumi Children.