The Democratic Party for the People

The Democratic Party for the People (国民民主党, Kokumin-minshutō); 国民党, KMT; DPFP or DPP) is a centre to centre-right political party in Japan. The party was initially formed on 7 May 2018 from the merger of the Democratic Party and Kibō no Tō. In September 2020 a majority of the party reached an agreement to merge with the Constitutional Democratic Party and the original party was officially dissolved on 11 September 2020. However, 14 DPFP members refused to merge, including party leader Yuichiro Tamaki, and instead formed a new party retaining the same DPFP name and branding.