El Nuevo Partido Sakigake (新党さきがけ Shintō Sakigake?, ”El Nuevo Partido Pionero”) fue un partido político japonés que se separó del Partido Liberal Democrático el 22 de junio de 1993. El partido fue creado por Masayoshi Takemura, era considerado como centrista y su base consistía en reformistas y ecologistas moderados. En 1993, luego de las elecciones generales, el Nuevo Partido Sakigake formó parte del Gabinete del Primer Ministro Morihiro Hosokawa, primer gobierno de coalición que no incluía el PLD desde 1955. Masayoshi Takemura se convirtió en ministro, como secretario del gabinete. En el gobierno del siguiente Primer Ministro, Tsutomu Hata, el partido se convirtió en un aliado sin formar parte del gabinete. En 1994, el Nuevo Partido Sakigake formó parte del gabinete de Tomiichi Murayama, con un gobierno de coalición con el Partido Liberal Demócrata y el Partido Social Democrático, que reemplazó a la coalición liberal encabezada el año pasado por el Partido de la Renovación de Japón. En 1997, el Nuevo Partido Sakigake tenía dos miembros en la Cámara de Representantes y tres miembros en la Cámara de Consejeros. Sin embargo, decidieron moderar su posición con respecto al gobernante PLD y debido a la influencia de las facciones reformistas y ecologistas, los conservadores decidieron reformar el partido. Así en 1998, el partido cambió su nombre a Partido Sakigake y en 2002 a Midori no Kaigi (Asamblea Política Ambiental Verde). El partido se disolvió el 22 de junio de 2004 debido a su fracaso de obtener algún escaño en las elecciones de ese año, significando el fin del movimiento Sakigake en la política japonesa.

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The New Party Sakigake (新党さきがけ Shintō Sakigake), also known as the New Harbinger Party, was a political party in Japan that broke away from the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on 22 June 1993. The party was created by Masayoshi Takemura. The party, was a centrist party, and it had many reformist and even moderate ecological elements. The theoretical leader was Shusei Tanaka. Yukio Hatoyama and Naoto Kan also took part but later moved to the Democratic Party of Japan. After the 1993 general election, Sakigake joined a Cabinet led by Morihiro Hosokawa. It was the first government without the LDP since 1955. Sakigake's Masayoshi Takemura became Minister. Sakigake supported the following Tsutomu Hata Cabinet, but didn't join the Cabinet. In 1994, New Party Sakigake took part in the government of Murayama Tomiichi, a government coalition of the LDP and the Japan Socialist Party, which replaced the coalition government headed the previous year by the Japan Renewal Party. In September 1996, Sakigake and Japan Socialist Party politicians who did not support their respective parties alliances with the LDP broke away to found the Democratic Party of Japan. The exodus of these liberal members moved the party further to the right. In 1997, the New Party Sakigake had two members in the House of Representatives and three members in the House of Councillors, which was good for them, especially after the LDP became the ruling party again. However, it decided to moderate its stance, and, because of the power of the ecologist and reformist factions, the conservatives decided to reform the party. As part of the ruling coalition in 1998, it had 2 seats in the House of Representatives and 3 in the House of Councillors. In October 1998, the party reformed itself with a more conservative image, dropping the 'New' from its title to become simply the Sakigake Party. Its popularity heavily declined after that, and by 2001, the party had no seats in either the Lower or Upper House. In 2002, the ecologists took control, and turned the party into an ecologist party. It changed its name to Midori no kaigi, the Environmental Green Political Assembly, which, because it won no seats in the 2004 Parliamentary elections, dissolved itself on 22 June 2004. The party gained its followers mainly from white collar bureaucrats and ecologists. It was a conservative reformist party with ecological elements.

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