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The Japan New Party (日本新党 Nihon Shintō) was a Japanese political party that existed briefly from 1992 to 1994. It should not be confused with the New Party Nippon (新党日本 Shintō Nippon) founded in 2005.The party considered liberal was founded by Morihiro Hosokawa a former diet member and Kumamoto Prefecture governor who left the Liberal Democratic Party to protest corruption scandals. In 1992 the party elected four members to the House of Councillors including Hosokawa.