Genzei Nippon
Japanese regional political party
Genzei Nippon (減税日本; lit. 'Tax Reduction Japan') is a regional political party based in Nagoya, Japan and led by the former mayor of Nagoya, Takashi Kawamura. The party has been described as Japanese nationalist, populist, and libertarian.
The party was formed by Kawamura in April 2010. After briefly holding several seats in the national legislature, the party merged at the national level with the Tomorrow Party of Japan in November 2012 before that party's dissolution in May 2013. Genzei Nippon remained a separate party at the regional level and has been active within Aichi Prefecture. As well as Kawamura, the party has thirteen members serving on the Nagoya city council and three members serving on the Aichi Prefectural Assembly.
In October 2023, it was announced that the party would be affiliated on the national level with Naoki Hyakuta's far-right Conservative Party of Japan, but the relationship was severed in September 2025 after a feud between Kawamura and Hyakuta.
History
The party was founded by Takashi Kawamura, then the mayor of Nagoya, and registered with the Aichi Prefectural electoral commission on 26 April 2010. At a press conference held on the same day, Kawamura emphasized the point that the greatest support that politicians can provide to citizens is a reduction in taxes.
The party first gained representation in the national Diet in May 2011 when Yuko Sato, the representative for the Aichi 1st district in the House of Representatives, officially resigned from the ruling Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ).
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