Hosokawa, heir to a samurai lineage, seized the imagination of a public weary of decades of scandal - tainted LDP rule when he formed the pro-reform
Japan New Party in 1992.
The six-term lawmaker, who won his first Diet seat in a Tokyo constituency in the 1993 House of Representatives election on the ticket of the now-defunct
Japan New Party, formed the DPJ's precursor along with former prime ministers Naoto Kan and Yukio Hatoyama, who both also headed the DPJ.
Ichihara said the aggressive buying of Japanese stocks by foreigners reminded him of buying during the period after Morihiro Hosokawa, then leader of the now-defunct
Japan New Party, became prime minister in August 1993 promising sweeping reform.
Hosokawa, a former governor of Kumamoto declared the formation of a
Japan New Party, which objects, as we do, to the endless scandals that mar our democracy, and shares our urgency to revolutionize the system and push true democracy in Japan.
The 55-year-old Chiba Prefecture native started his political career as a prefectural assembly member in 1987 and won his first Diet seat as a member of the now-defunct
Japan New Party in 1993.
The 55-year-old Chiba Prefecture native started his political career as a member of the Chiba prefectural assembly in 1987 and won his first Diet seat as a member of the now-defunct
Japan New Party in 1993.
Fujimura won his first seat in the Diet in 1993 as a member of the now-defunct
Japan New Party in the same way as Noda.
Kaieda won his first Diet seat from a Tokyo constituency in the 1993 House of Representatives election on the ticket of the now-defunct
Japan New Party. He is currently serving his fifth term.
Starting his political career as a member of the Chiba prefectural assembly in 1987, Noda won his first Diet seat as a member of the now-defunct
Japan New Party in 1993.
Kaieda, a native of Tokyo, won his first Diet seat from a Tokyo constituency in the 1993 House of Representatives election on the ticket of the now-defunct
Japan New Party.
He was elected to the Kyoto prefectural assembly at the age of 28, won a lower house seat for the defunct minor opposition
Japan New Party in 1993 and co-founded the DPJ through a merger of opposition parties in 1998.