New Frontier Party (Japan)
The New Frontier Party (NFP) was a big tent political party in Japan founded in December 1994. As a merger of several small parties, the party was ideologically diverse, with its membership ranging from moderate social democrats to liberals and conservatives. The party dissolved in December 1997, with Ichirō Ozawa's faction forming the Liberal Party and other splinters later joining the Democratic Party of Japan in April 1998.
Image: Toshiki Kaifu 19890810 (cropped)
Ichirō Ozawa is a Japanese politician and has been a member of the House of Representatives since 1969, representing the Iwate 3rd district. He is often dubbed the "Shadow Shōgun" due to his back-room influence.
Ozawa in 2013
Ozawa with Stanford R. Ovshinsky and Kakuei Tanaka
Making a campaign speech for members of the Liberal Party in Hokkaido on 18 July 2001
With Yukio Hatoyama (left) at the Laforet Museum, Roppongi on 30 August 2009