# Sun Party

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{{short description|Former political party in Japan}}
{{about|the Sun Party|the Sunrise Party|Sunrise Party}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{refimprove|date=December 2025}}
{{Infobox political party
| name = Sun Party<br />{{nobold|{{Nihongo2|太陽党}}}}
| native_name = {{lang|ja-Latn|Taiyōtō}}
| logo = Sun Party logo.svg
| president = [Tsutomu Hata](/source/Tsutomu_Hata)
| foundation = {{start date|1996|12|26|df=yes}}
| dissolved = {{start date|1998|1|23|df=yes}}
| split = [New Frontier Party](/source/New_Frontier_Party_(Japan))
| merged = [Good Governance Party](/source/Good_Governance_Party)
| country = Japan
| colorcode = {{party color|Sun Party}}
}}
The {{nihongo|'''Sun Party'''|太陽党|Taiyōtō}} was a short-lived political party in Japan which existed from 1996 to 1998.<ref>{{cite news |date=27 December 1996 |title=Former PM launches new party in Japan |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1996/12/27/Former-PM-launches-new-party-in-Japan/4084851662800/ |work=UPI}}</ref> It was a [liberal](/source/Liberalism) [reformist](/source/reformist) party that was opposed to the ruling coalition led by the [Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)](/source/Liberal_Democratic_Party_(Japan)).

== History ==
The party was composed of thirteen [Diet](/source/Diet_of_Japan) members who left the [New Frontier Party](/source/New_Frontier_Party_(Japan)) in 1996. It was led by [Tsutomu Hata](/source/Tsutomu_Hata), a former [Prime Minister of Japan](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Japan). Other notable members included [Katsuya Okada](/source/Katsuya_Okada), the future head of the [Democratic Party of Japan](/source/Democratic_Party_of_Japan). In January 1998 the Sun Party merged with other small parties to form the [Good Governance Party](/source/Good_Governance_Party).

==Presidents of SP==
{|class="wikitable"  style="text-align:center"
|-
!rowspan=2|No.
!rowspan="2"|Name
!rowspan="2"|Image
!colspan=2|Term of office
|-
!Took office
!Left office
|-
|bgcolor="lightblue" colspan="5"|'''Split from: [New Frontier Party](/source/New_Frontier_Party_(Japan))'''
|-
|1
|[Tsutomu Hata](/source/Tsutomu_Hata)
|100px
|26 December 1996
|23 January 1998
|-
|bgcolor="lightblue" colspan="5"|'''Successor party: [Good Governance Party](/source/Good_Governance_Party)'''
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}
{{New Frontier Party (Japan)}}

Category:Defunct political parties in Japan
Category:Political parties established in 1996
Category:Political parties disestablished in 1998
Category:1996 establishments in Japan
Category:1998 disestablishments in Japan

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