= New Frontier Party = The '''New Frontier Party''' (''新進党'') was a [[Japan/PoliticalParties|political party]] in [[Japan/Democratization|Japan]] that operated from 1994 until 1997. <> ---- == Platform == ---- == History == After the [[Japan/JapanSocialistParty|Japan Socialist Party]] left the grand coalition in 1993, [[Japan/TsutomuHata|Hata]] resigned rather than face a no confidence vote. A new coalition government emerged between the JSP, [[Japan/LiberalDemocraticParty|LDP]], and [[Japan/NewPartySakigake|New Party Sakigake]]. Meanwhile the '''Japan Renewal Party''' (''新生党''), a breakaway group from the LDP that had formed the core of the original coalition, rallied other members into a consolidation. In December they merged with the '''Japan New Party''' and the '''Democratic Socialist Party''', among others. This was the founding of the '''New Frontier Party'''. [[Japan/ToshikiKaifu|Toshiki Kaifu]] served as the first leader. This immediately became the second largest party, and would serve as the opposition to the next several governments. In the 1995 leadership contest, [[Japan/IchirouOzawa|Ichirou Ozawa]] beat out Hata. This began a fragmentation of the party, principally into the [[Japan/DemocraticPartyOfJapan|Democratic Party of Japan]] and the [[Japan/LiberalParty1998|Liberal Party]] ---- == Leaders == ||'''Leader''' ||'''Local Name'''||'''Term''' || ||[[Japan/ToshikiKaifu|Toshiki Kaifu]]||海部 俊樹 ||1994 - 1995|| ||[[Japan/IchirouOzawa|Ichirou Ozawa]]||小沢一郎 ||1995 - 1997|| ---- CategoryRicottone