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The Democratic Party of Japan (1996–1998) (民主党 Minshutō) is a now defunct centrist political party in Japan. The party was one of the forerunners to the modern-day Democratic Party of Japan. The two leading lights of the party Yukio Hatoyama and Naoto Kan subsequently became Prime Minister one after the other at the end of the first decade of the 21st century.

extinction date
1998-04-27
extinction year
1998-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
formation date
1996-09-29
formation year
1996-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
ideology
Centrism
president
Naoto Kan
split from party
New Frontier Party (Japan)

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