{{Expand Japanese|topic=hist|みどりの風|date=May 2019}} {{Infobox political party | country = Japan | native_name = みどりの風<br><small>''Midori no Kaze''</small> | logo = Logo of Midori no Kaze.svg | website = [http://www.mikaze.jp/] | president = Kuniko Tanioka | foundation = {{start date|2012}} | dissolved = {{end date|2013}} | split = Democratic Party of Japan | ideology = Environmentalism | position = Center-left | colours = Green | flag = Greenbreezeintro4.jpg | colorcode = {{party color|Green Breeze Party}} }}
'''Green Wind''' was a left-wing political party in Japan. It opposed the Trans-Pacific Partnership and October 2012 Consumption Tax Hike.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mikaze.jp/about|title = 政治団体『みどりの風』について勉強しよう！！}}</ref> It was founded as a parliamentary group in July 2012, and as a political party in November 2012 when Representative Makoto Yamazaki left the Democratic Party and joined the group. On November 17, 2012, the party obtained its second member of the lower house, the House of Representatives, when former Democratic Party Representative Eriko Fukuda joined the party.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://eriko-fukuda.com/index.html |title=福田えりこ 衆議院議員 オフィシャルサイト みどりの風 - 命をつなぐ政治を。 |access-date=2012-11-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121119144257/http://eriko-fukuda.com/index.html |archive-date=2012-11-19 |url-status=usurped }}</ref> In 2013, Tomoko Abe, the last remaining member of Tomorrow Party of Japan, joined Green Wind. However, on December 31, 2013, the party was dissolved.
==Co-leaders==
The party's four co-leaders were its four members of the House of Councillors: Kuniko Koda, Yasue Funayama, Akiko Kamei, and Kuniko Tanioka.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mikaze.jp/member|title = 政治団体『みどりの風』について勉強しよう！！}}</ref>
== See also == * Greens Japan
==References== {{Reflist}} {{Japan political parties}}
Category:2012 establishments in Japan Category:2013 disestablishments in Japan Category:Defunct political parties in Japan Category:Environmentalism in Japan Category:Political parties disestablished in 2013 Category:Political parties established in 2012