New Party Daichi
Encyclopedia
New Party Daichi is a political party formed on August 18, 2005. The party is headed by former Liberal Democratic Party
member Muneo Suzuki
. Suzuki resigned from the LDP
in June 2002 after being arrested on suspicion of accepting bribes. He was convicted of bribery and other charges the next year, and announced the party's creation while released on bail. He was critical of Junichiro Koizumi
's policies and postal privatization.
Shinto Daichi is categorized as a political organization because it does not fulfill the criteria necessary to be recognized as a political party under the Public Offices Election Law. The party fielded one candidate from a single-seat district while Suzuki headed a roster of three candidates for the proportional representation constituency.
In the Japan general election, 2005
and 2009
Muneo Suzuki was elected to a proportional seat in the Hokkaidō bloc
.
Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
The , frequently abbreviated to LDP or , is a centre-right political party in Japan. It is one of the most consistently successful political parties in the democratic world. The LDP ruled almost continuously for nearly 54 years from its founding in 1955 until its defeat in the 2009 election...
member Muneo Suzuki
Muneo Suzuki
Muneo Suzuki is a Japanese politician from Ashoro, Hokkaidō. He is typically referred to as "Muneo", because his last name, "Suzuki", is one of the most common names in Japan.- Early career :...
. Suzuki resigned from the LDP
Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
The , frequently abbreviated to LDP or , is a centre-right political party in Japan. It is one of the most consistently successful political parties in the democratic world. The LDP ruled almost continuously for nearly 54 years from its founding in 1955 until its defeat in the 2009 election...
in June 2002 after being arrested on suspicion of accepting bribes. He was convicted of bribery and other charges the next year, and announced the party's creation while released on bail. He was critical of Junichiro Koizumi
Junichiro Koizumi
is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006. He retired from politics when his term in parliament ended.Widely seen as a maverick leader of the Liberal Democratic Party , he became known as an economic reformer, focusing on Japan's government debt and the...
's policies and postal privatization.
Shinto Daichi is categorized as a political organization because it does not fulfill the criteria necessary to be recognized as a political party under the Public Offices Election Law. The party fielded one candidate from a single-seat district while Suzuki headed a roster of three candidates for the proportional representation constituency.
In the Japan general election, 2005
Japan general election, 2005
A general election in Japan was held on 11 September 2005 for all 480 seats of the House of Representatives of Japan, the lower house of the Diet of Japan, almost two years before the end of the term taken from the last election in 2003...
and 2009
Japanese general election, 2009
A general election in Japan was held on August 30, 2009, for all 480 seats of the House of Representatives of Japan, the lower house of the Diet of Japan....
Muneo Suzuki was elected to a proportional seat in the Hokkaidō bloc
Hokkaido proportional representation block
The Hokkaido proportional representation block is one of eleven proportional representation blocks for the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan. It consists of Hokkaidō and is one of two PR blocks that covers only one prefecture, the other is Tokyo...
.
Trivia
- Daichi from Shintō Daichi in Japanese directly means "ground" or "earth" in English.