Initiatives from Osaka

For the regional party with a similar Japanese name, see Osaka Restoration Association.

Initiatives from Osaka おおさか維新の会
President	Ichirō Matsui^[1]
Secretary-General	Nobuyuki Baba
Founded	2 November 2015 (2015-11-02)
Headquarters	Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Ideology	Economic liberalism Limited government Localism
Councillors	7 / 242
Representatives	13 / 475
Website
o-ishin.jp
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Initiatives from Osaka (おおさか維新の会, Ōsaka ishin no kai) is a Japanese political party that was formed in October 2015.^[1] by Osaka governor Ichiro Matsui and then-Osaka mayor Toru Hashimoto after they and their supporters left the Japan Innovation Party.^[2] It bears the same Japanese name as the Osaka Restoration Association, which was also formed by Hashimoto, but is differentiated by writing "Osaka" in hiragana rather than in kanji.^[1]

References

1 2 3 "Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto’s new party debuts". 31 October 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
↑ "Abe meets ex-Osaka Mayor Hashimoto on heels of resignation". Nikkei Asian Review. 20 December 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2015.

External links

Initiatives from Osaka (Japanese)

Political parties in Japan

Officially recognized
political parties

Governing parties	Liberal Democratic Komeito

Opposition parties	Democratic Communist Initiatives from Osaka Social Democratic People's Life Party & Taro Yamamoto and Friends Japanese Kokoro New Renaissance Party

Political organisations with
seats in the National Diet

Political organisations with
seats in regional assemblies

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