The Japan Restoration Party , also referred to in English as the Japan Restoration Association, was a Japanese political party. It was launched on 12 September 2012 and gained official recognition on 28 September 2012. The party grew from the regional Osaka Restoration Association, headed by Tōru Hashimoto, Mayor of Osaka, and Ichirō Matsui, Governor of Osaka Prefecture.
Image: Toru Hashimoto Ishin IMG 5731 20130713 (cropped)
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Image: Ishihara Shintaro 1 1
Image: Toru Hashimoto Ishin IMG 5731 20130713 (cropped)
Osaka Restoration Association
The Osaka Restoration Association , also referred to as One Osaka, is a regional political party in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Founded in 2010 by then-Governor Tōru Hashimoto, its main platform is pursuing the Osaka Metropolis plan of merging the prefecture and some of its cities into "One Osaka", reducing overlapping bureaucratic organizations of the prefecture and the city of Osaka, towards Dōshūsei.
Image: Toru Hashimoto Ishin IMG 5731 20130713 (cropped)
Image: Ichiro Matsui 2022