The is a political organization which aims to form a Green Party in Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. It has 592 members as of 25 August 2007, when it was called . After the electoral success of Green activist Ryuhei Kawada

Ryuhei Kawada

is a Japanese activist, haemophiliac, and member of the House of Councillors.-HIV-tainted blood scandal in Japan:In the late 1980s, between one and two thousand Japanese patients with haemophilia contracted HIV via tainted blood products...

 in the 2007 House of Councillors election

Japanese House of Councillors election, 2007

The for the upper house of the legislature of Japan were held on July 29, 2007. This was the only time Prime Minister Shinzō Abe had faced an election...

, the local green political network Rainbow and Greens

Rainbow and Greens

Rainbow and Greens , was a Green political organization in Japan from 1998–2008. It was a nationwide network of prefectural assembly members, usually running on local platforms variously named as "living citizen network", "living club", "living cooperative" or the Rainbow and Greens 500-Member List...

 has reportedly decided to dissolve itself and merge with the Japan Greens in December 2007. The two precedent organizations dissolved themselves and relaunched as Greens Japan, a political organization in late 2008.

Representation

On the 22 of November, 2010 Kazumi Inamura became the first popularly elected Greens Japan Mayor, in the city of Amagasaki as well as the first popularly elected female mayor of the city with 54% of the vote.

External links

• Greens Japan (official website)