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Maehara</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="font-size:125%; font-weight:bold;"><div class="nickname" lang="ja"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">前原誠司</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Seiji_Maehara_20230703.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Seiji_Maehara_20230703.jpg/220px-Seiji_Maehara_20230703.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="294" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Seiji_Maehara_20230703.jpg/330px-Seiji_Maehara_20230703.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Seiji_Maehara_20230703.jpg/440px-Seiji_Maehara_20230703.jpg 2x" data-file-width="847" data-file-height="1131" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Maehara in 2023</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Leader of <a href="/wiki/Free_Education_for_All" class="mw-redirect" title="Free Education for All">Free Education for All</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />30 November 2023 – 3 October 2024</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Position established</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">President of the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(Japan,_2016)" title="Democratic Party (Japan, 2016)">Democratic Party</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1 September 2017 – 1 November 2017</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Renh%C5%8D" title="Renhō">Renhō</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kohei_Otsuka" title="Kohei Otsuka">Kohei Otsuka</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">President of the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(Japan,_1998)" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Party (Japan, 1998)">Democratic Party of Japan</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />17 September 2005 – 7 April 2006</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Katsuya_Okada" title="Katsuya Okada">Katsuya Okada</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ichir%C5%8D_Ozawa" title="Ichirō Ozawa">Ichirō Ozawa</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1 October 2012 – 26 December 2012</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Yoshihiko_Noda" title="Yoshihiko Noda">Yoshihiko Noda</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Motohisa_Furukawa" title="Motohisa Furukawa">Motohisa Furukawa</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Akira_Amari" title="Akira Amari">Akira Amari</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Foreign_Affairs_(Japan)" title="Minister for Foreign Affairs (Japan)">Minister for Foreign Affairs</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />17 September 2010 – 7 March 2011</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Naoto_Kan" title="Naoto Kan">Naoto Kan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Katsuya_Okada" title="Katsuya Okada">Katsuya Okada</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Yukio_Edano" title="Yukio Edano">Yukio Edano</a> (Acting)</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Land,_Infrastructure,_Transport_and_Tourism_(Japan)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (Japan)">Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />16 September 2009 – 17 September 2010</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Yukio_Hatoyama" title="Yukio Hatoyama">Yukio Hatoyama</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Naoto_Kan" title="Naoto Kan">Naoto Kan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kazuyoshi_Kaneko" title="Kazuyoshi Kaneko">Kazuyoshi Kaneko</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sumio_Mabuchi" title="Sumio Mabuchi">Sumio Mabuchi</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_(Japan)" title="House of Representatives (Japan)">House of Representatives</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />18 July 1993</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Mikio Okuda</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kyoto_2nd_district" title="Kyoto 2nd district">Kyoto-2nd</a> (2000–) <br /> <a href="/wiki/Kinki_proportional_representation_block" title="Kinki proportional representation block">Kinki PR</a> (1996–2000) <br /> <a href="/wiki/Kyoto_1st_district_(1947%E2%80%9393)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kyoto 1st district (1947–93)">Kyoto-1st</a> (1993–1996)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1962-04-30</span>) </span>30 April 1962<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 62)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Kyoto" title="Kyoto">Kyoto</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nippon_Ishin_no_Kai" class="mw-redirect" title="Nippon Ishin no Kai">Nippon Ishin no Kai</a> (since 2024)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other political<br />affiliations</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japan_New_Party" title="Japan New Party">JNP</a> (1992–1994)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Sakigake_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Sakigake Party">NPS</a> (1994–1998)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_of_Japan" title="Democratic Party of Japan">DPJ</a> (1998–2016)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(Japan,_2016)" title="Democratic Party (Japan, 2016)">DP</a> (2016–2017)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Kib%C5%8D_no_T%C5%8D" title="Kibō no Tō">Kibō</a> (2017–2018)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_for_the_People" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Party for the People">DPFP</a> (2018–2023)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Free_Education_for_All" class="mw-redirect" title="Free Education for All">FEFA</a> (2023-2024)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kyoto_University" title="Kyoto University">Kyoto University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Laws" title="Bachelor of Laws">LLB</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090402100939/http://www.maehara21.com/index.php">Official website</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Seiji Maehara</b><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">前原誠司</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Maehara Seiji</i></span>, born 30 April 1962)</span> is a Japanese politician who has been a member of the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_of_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="House of Representatives of Japan">House of Representatives of Japan</a> since 1993.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He founded and led the political party, <a href="/wiki/Free_Education_for_All" class="mw-redirect" title="Free Education for All">Free Education for All</a>, before its merger into <a href="/wiki/Nippon_Ishin_no_Kai" class="mw-redirect" title="Nippon Ishin no Kai">Nippon Ishin no Kai</a> on 3 October 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Maehara was the leader of the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(Japan,_1998)" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Party (Japan, 1998)">Democratic Party of Japan</a> (DPJ) from 2005 to 2006, and later served as <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Land,_Infrastructure,_Transport_and_Tourism_(Japan)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (Japan)">Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism</a> and <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Japan)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Foreign Affairs (Japan)">Minister of Foreign Affairs</a> under the cabinets of <a href="/wiki/Yukio_Hatoyama" title="Yukio Hatoyama">Yukio Hatoyama</a> and <a href="/wiki/Naoto_Kan" title="Naoto Kan">Naoto Kan</a>, before resigning from the cabinet in March 2011 after he acknowledged receiving illegal donations from a <a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korean</a> national living in Japan.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Maehara was also the leader of the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(Japan,_2016)" title="Democratic Party (Japan, 2016)">Democratic Party</a>, the successor party of the DPJ from 1 September 2017 until its dissolution later that month.<sup id="cite_ref-japantimes.co.jp_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-japantimes.co.jp-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Maehara is viewed as a "<a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a> <a href="/wiki/War_Hawk" class="mw-redirect" title="War Hawk">war hawk</a>"<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a proponent of close ties with the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is also often viewed as being politically <a href="/wiki/Conservatism" title="Conservatism">conservative</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-japantimes.co.jp_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-japantimes.co.jp-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Maehara founded a new party in 2023, Free Education for All, which is broadly centrist and focused on building a coalition against the <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democratic_Party_(Japan)" title="Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)">LDP</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_background">Personal background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seiji_Maehara&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Personal background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Maehara was born in <a href="/wiki/Kyoto" title="Kyoto">Kyoto</a> to parents from <a href="/wiki/Tottori_Prefecture" title="Tottori Prefecture">Tottori Prefecture</a>. He attended the law faculty of <a href="/wiki/Kyoto_University" title="Kyoto University">Kyoto University</a>, where he majored in <a href="/wiki/International_politics" class="mw-redirect" title="International politics">international politics</a>. He attended the Matsushita Institute of Government and Management from 1987 to 1991. </p><p>Maehara married his wife Airi (愛里) in June 1995; they have no children. He likes to take <a href="/wiki/Densha_Otaku" class="mw-redirect" title="Densha Otaku">photographs of trains as a hobby</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_political_career">Early political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seiji_Maehara&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Maehara won election to the <a href="/wiki/Kyoto_Prefecture" title="Kyoto Prefecture">Kyoto Prefectural Assembly</a> in 1991 with the support of, among others, future Diet member <a href="/wiki/Keiro_Kitagami" title="Keiro Kitagami">Keiro Kitagami</a>. At the time, he was the youngest prefectural assemblyman in Kyoto history. </p><p>He was elected to the House of Representatives as a member of the <a href="/wiki/Japan_New_Party" title="Japan New Party">Japan New Party</a> of <a href="/wiki/Morihiro_Hosokawa" title="Morihiro Hosokawa">Morihiro Hosokawa</a> in 1993. In 1994, he left the party and formed the "Democratic Wave" with several other young parliamentarians, but later that year joined the <a href="/wiki/Sakigake_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Sakigake Party">Sakigake Party</a>, which was briefly part of the majority government. In 1998, he joined the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(Japan,_1998)" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Party (Japan, 1998)">Democratic Party of Japan</a> (DPJ) when it was formed that same year. </p><p>As a member of the DPJ he focused on security affairs and often negotiated with the government. In the shadow governments he has served as the Shadow Minister for Security Affairs and Shadow Minister for the Defense Agency. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Term_as_DPJ_President">Term as DPJ President</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seiji_Maehara&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Term as DPJ President"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the crushing defeat of the DPJ in the <a href="/wiki/2005_Japanese_general_election" title="2005 Japanese general election">2005 snap election</a> and the resignation of DPJ leader <a href="/wiki/Katsuya_Okada" title="Katsuya Okada">Katsuya Okada</a>, the elected representatives of the party met to choose a new leader. The two candidates were <a href="/wiki/Naoto_Kan" title="Naoto Kan">Naoto Kan</a> and Maehara. Maehara defeated the 58-year-old Kan by a razor-thin count of 96–94 in open balloting by party members from both Houses of the Diet, with two members abstaining and two others having cast invalid votes. Maehara was appointed DPJ president on 17 September 2005. </p><p>However, Maehara's term as party leader was short lived. Although he initially led the party's criticism of the <a href="/wiki/Junichiro_Koizumi" title="Junichiro Koizumi">Koizumi</a> administration, particularly in regards to connections between LDP lawmakers and scandal-ridden <a href="/wiki/Livedoor" title="Livedoor">Livedoor</a>, the revelation that a fake email was used to try to establish this link greatly damaged his credibility. The scandal led to the resignation of Representative <a href="/wiki/Hisayasu_Nagata" title="Hisayasu Nagata">Hisayasu Nagata</a> and of Maehara as party leader on 31 March. New elections for party leader were held on 7 April, in which <a href="/wiki/Ichir%C5%8D_Ozawa" title="Ichirō Ozawa">Ichirō Ozawa</a> was elected president. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cabinet">Cabinet</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seiji_Maehara&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Cabinet"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/2009_Japanese_general_election" title="2009 Japanese general election">2009 Japanese general election</a>, the Democratic Party won a two-thirds majority of the House of Representatives, allowing the party to form a new government. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Minister_of_Land,_Infrastructure_and_Transport"><span id="Minister_of_Land.2C_Infrastructure_and_Transport"></span>Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seiji_Maehara&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Maehara was appointed Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport on 16 September 2009. In this role, he was the spokesman for a number of government initiatives, including: </p> <ul><li>Cessation of construction work on <a href="/wiki/Yamba_Dam" title="Yamba Dam">Yamba Dam</a></li> <li>Opening <a href="/wiki/Haneda_Airport" title="Haneda Airport">Haneda Airport</a> in Tokyo to long-haul international flights</li> <li>Bankruptcy restructuring of <a href="/wiki/Japan_Airlines" title="Japan Airlines">Japan Airlines</a></li> <li>Experimentation with reducing or eliminating tolls on the Japanese <a href="/wiki/Controlled-access_highway" title="Controlled-access highway">expressway</a> network</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Minister_of_Foreign_Affairs">Minister of Foreign Affairs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seiji_Maehara&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Minister of Foreign Affairs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Then Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Naoto_Kan" title="Naoto Kan">Naoto Kan</a> reshuffled the cabinet effective 17 September 2010, making Maehara the youngest Minister of Foreign Affairs in postwar Japanese history. The main international relations event during his tenure as foreign minister was the <a href="/wiki/2010_Senkaku_boat_collision_incident" title="2010 Senkaku boat collision incident">2010 Senkaku boat collision incident</a>, which led to increased tensions between Japan and the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Republic of China">People's Republic of China</a> concerning their overlapping claims to the <a href="/wiki/Senkaku_Islands" title="Senkaku Islands">Senkaku Islands</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Resignation_from_the_Cabinet">Resignation from the Cabinet</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seiji_Maehara&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Resignation from the Cabinet"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In March 2011, only four days before the <a href="/wiki/2011_T%C5%8Dhoku_earthquake_and_tsunami" title="2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami">11 March earthquake and tsunami</a>, Maehara resigned as Minister for Foreign Affairs after it emerged that he had accepted a political donation of ¥250,000 (approx. US$3,000)<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> from a 72-year-old <a href="/wiki/Koreans_in_Japan" title="Koreans in Japan">South Korean permanent resident of Japan</a> who operated a restaurant in Kyoto. Maehara had known the woman since junior high school,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but her foreign nationality made the donation illegal if it had been accepted intentionally.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Maehara apologised to the nation for only holding the post for 6 months and for "provoking distrust" over his political funding.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the <i><a href="/wiki/Japan_Times" class="mw-redirect" title="Japan Times">Japan Times</a></i>, the resignation would cause Japanese relations with the United States to weaken.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The donation was revealed by an opposing party politician, <a href="/wiki/Shoji_Nishida" title="Shoji Nishida">Shoji Nishida</a>; <i><a href="/wiki/The_Economist" title="The Economist">The Economist</a></i> described the incident as a scandal based on a technicality that primarily illustrates the unsatisfactory treatment of <a href="/wiki/Koreans_in_Japan" title="Koreans in Japan">Koreans in Japan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ec_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ec-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Candidacy_for_Prime_Minister">Candidacy for Prime Minister</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seiji_Maehara&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Candidacy for Prime Minister"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following Kan's announced resignation in August 2011, Maehara initially planned to support Finance Minister <a href="/wiki/Yoshihiko_Noda" title="Yoshihiko Noda">Yoshihiko Noda</a>, but broke off this support due to disagreement over whether to raise the <a href="/wiki/Consumption_tax" title="Consumption tax">consumption tax</a>, and declared his own candidacy for the presidency of the DPJ on 22 August.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He lost to Noda and Economy Minister <a href="/wiki/Banri_Kaieda" title="Banri Kaieda">Banri Kaieda</a> in the first round of balloting on 29 August. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Second_stint_as_leader_of_the_Democratic_Party">Second stint as leader of the Democratic Party</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seiji_Maehara&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Second stint as leader of the Democratic Party"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2016, the DPJ merged with <a href="/wiki/Japan_Innovation_Party" title="Japan Innovation Party">Japan Innovation Party</a> forming the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(Japan,_2016)" title="Democratic Party (Japan, 2016)">Democratic Party</a>. Maehara attempted to make a comeback at the leadership in the <a href="/wiki/2016_Democratic_Party_(Japan,_2016)_leadership_election" title="2016 Democratic Party (Japan, 2016) leadership election">first leadership election post-merger</a>, but lost against former minister <a href="/wiki/Renho" class="mw-redirect" title="Renho">Renho</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Renho resigned in July 2017 after the DP suffered a bad result in the <a href="/wiki/2017_Tokyo_prefectural_election" title="2017 Tokyo prefectural election">2017 Tokyo assembly elections</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A <a href="/w/index.php?title=2017_Democratic_Party_(Japan,_2016)_leadership_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2017 Democratic Party (Japan, 2016) leadership election (page does not exist)">leadership election</a> was immediately held to select the new leader of the party. Maehara was one of the candidates contesting the election, along with former Chief Cabinet Secretary <a href="/wiki/Yukio_Edano" title="Yukio Edano">Yukio Edano</a>. Through his reliable support from conservative DP and former JIP members, Maehara comfortably won the leadership election with 60% of the points up for grabs.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He returned as the leader of the largest opposition party almost 12 years after ascending to the post for the first time. </p><p>Maehara's second stint as president was short and rocky. One of his first acts as the new president was to appoint rising-star lawmaker <a href="/wiki/Shiori_Yamao" title="Shiori Yamao">Shiori Yamao</a> as secretary-general in his new executive. Immediately after her nomination, tabloid magazine <i><a href="/wiki/Shukan_Bunshun" class="mw-redirect" title="Shukan Bunshun">Shukan Bunshun</a></i> published an allegation of affair against Yamao. Whilst the details were inconclusive, Yamao resigned from the party less than a week after the affair was reported, widely seen as an effort to halt further decline of DP's fledgling support.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Maehara also faced a potential rival in Tokyo governor <a href="/wiki/Yuriko_Koike" title="Yuriko Koike">Yuriko Koike</a>, who grew increasingly confident after her <a href="/wiki/Tomin_First_no_Kai" title="Tomin First no Kai">party</a>'s landslide win in the Tokyo Assembly elections and was rumoured of planning to form a conservative national party to face Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Shinzo_Abe" title="Shinzo Abe">Shinzo Abe</a> in the next general election. </p><p>Abe called <a href="/wiki/2017_Japanese_general_election" title="2017 Japanese general election">a snap election</a> less than three weeks to Maehara's ascension to the presidency. This threw the party into disarray, as it had not completed preparing its election platform. At the same day as Abe's election declaration, Koike finally launched a new party called <a href="/wiki/Kib%C5%8D_no_T%C5%8D" title="Kibō no Tō">Kibō no Tō</a> (Party of Hope). Seeing Koike's high popularity at that time as a potential asset, Maehara coordinated with Koike on DP candidates' nominations for the election. Koike agreed to endorse DP candidates and Maehara effectively disbanded the party in order to allow the candidates run under the Kibō banner. However, despite Maehara's request, Koike imposed an ideological filter that effectively barred liberal-leaning members of the DP, such as <a href="/wiki/Yukio_Edano" title="Yukio Edano">Yukio Edano</a>, from joining Kibō. This led Edano to form the <a href="/wiki/Constitutional_Democratic_Party_of_Japan" title="Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan">Constitutional Democratic Party</a> less than three weeks before election to house liberal DP members.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Maehara himself ran as independent. </p><p>Koike's multiple blunders during the campaign led Kibō to fall well short of high initial expectations, becoming the second largest opposition party behind the Edano-led CDP. Maehara, whose political gamble had backfired, was under heavy pressure to resign from his position as DP president. Maehara resigned from his post and from the party on 28 October 2017, ending his tumultuous second term as leader of the Democratic Party.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="DPP_and_FEFA">DPP and FEFA</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seiji_Maehara&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: DPP and FEFA"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Maehara joined Kibō in November 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When Kibō merged with the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(Japan,_2016)" title="Democratic Party (Japan, 2016)">Democratic Party</a> in May 2018 to form the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_for_the_People" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Party for the People">Democratic Party for the People</a>, Maehara also joined the DPP.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He became critical of party leader <a href="/wiki/Yuichiro_Tamaki" title="Yuichiro Tamaki">Yuichiro Tamaki</a> and his approach of collaborating with the LDP, and challenged Tamaki for the DPP leadership spot in 2023, claiming that he would focus on forming a collaborative front with other opposition parties outside of the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_Communist_Party" title="Japanese Communist Party">JCP</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following his defeat to Tamaki, he and several other DPP parliamentarians, including former Governor <a href="/wiki/Yukiko_Kada" title="Yukiko Kada">Yukiko Kada</a>, split from the group to form Free Education for All. The new party is believed to be focused on building an opposition coalition, but several difficulties have come up, including the closeness of Maehara to <a href="/wiki/Nippon_Ishin_no_Kai" class="mw-redirect" title="Nippon Ishin no Kai">Nippon Ishin no Kai</a>, to which a <a href="/wiki/RENGO" title="RENGO">RENGO</a> spokesman said that the Union would be forced to pull support from the new party if it is "swallowed up by Nippon Ishin".<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 3 October 2024, the party merged into <a href="/wiki/Nippon_Ishin_no_Kai" class="mw-redirect" title="Nippon Ishin no Kai">Nippon Ishin no Kai</a>, with all, but <a href="/wiki/Atsushi_Suzuki" title="Atsushi Suzuki">Atsushi Suzuki</a>, running under the Ishin banner.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seiji_Maehara&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/11/30/japan/politics/japan-opposition-maehara-forms-new-party/">"Former Foreign Minister Maehara to form new party"</a>. <i>The Japan Times</i>. 30 November 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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title="Mikio Okuda (page does not exist)">Mikio Okuda</a><br /><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eiichi_Nagasue&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eiichi Nagasue (page does not exist)">Eiichi Nagasue</a><br /><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yukio_Takemura&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yukio Takemura (page does not exist)">Yukio Takemura</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Bunmei_Ibuki" title="Bunmei Ibuki">Bunmei Ibuki</a><br /><a href="/w/index.php?title=Katsuhiko_Takeuchi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Katsuhiko Takeuchi (page does not exist)">Katsuhiko Takeuchi</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Representative for <a href="/wiki/Kyoto_1st_district_(1947%E2%80%931993)" title="Kyoto 1st district (1947–1993)">Kyoto 1st district</a> (multi-member) </b><br />1993–1996 <br />Served alongside: <b><a href="/wiki/Keiji_Kokuta" title="Keiji Kokuta">Keiji Kokuta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bunmei_Ibuki" title="Bunmei Ibuki">Bunmei Ibuki</a>, <a 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