[3] The party was founded by Takashi Kawamura, then the mayor of Nagoya, and registered with the Aichi Prefectural electoral commission on 26 April 2010.

[4] 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.

[5] Sato had lodged her resignation papers with the party in March in order to provide support to Genzei Nippon's candidates in the Nagoya city council election, but her application was put on hold while DPJ officials considered expelling instead.

[7] DPJ representatives Atsushi Kumada (Osaka 1st district) and Tomohiko Mizuno (Southern Kanto proportional representation block) joined Genzei Nippon in October 2012, giving the party five Diet members, the minimum requirement for registration as an official political party.

[7] A few days later this group further merged into the Tomorrow Party of Japan in order to contest the December general election.