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{{short description|Former political party in Japan}}
{{about|the Sun Party|the Sunrise Party|Sunrise Party}}
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{{Unreferenced|date=December 2009}}
{{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]]
| foundation = {{start date|1996|12|26|df=yes}}
| dissolved = {{start date|1998|1|23|df=yes}}
| split = [[New Frontier Party (Japan)|New Frontier Party]]
| merged = [[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. It was a [[Liberalism|liberal]] [[reformist]] party that was opposed to the ruling coalition led by the [[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)]].

== History ==
The party was composed of thirteen [[Diet of Japan|Diet]] members who left the [[New Frontier Party (Japan)|New Frontier Party]] in 1996. It was led by [[Tsutomu Hata]], a former [[Prime Minister of Japan]]. Other notable members included [[Katsuya Okada]], the future head of the [[Democratic Party of Japan]]. In January 1998 the Sun Party merged with other small parties to form the [[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 (Japan)|New Frontier Party]]'''
|-
|1
|[[Tsutomu Hata]]
|[[File:Tsutomu Hata cropped 2 Tsutomu Hata 19940428.jpg|100px]]
|26 December 1996
|23 January 1998
|-
|bgcolor="lightblue" colspan="5"|'''Successor party: [[Good Governance Party]]'''
|}


{{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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