The Greens Japan (緑の党グリーンズジャパン Midori no Tō Greens Japan, literally "green party Greens Japan") is an established national Green party in Japan. It has 592 members as of 25 August 2007, when it was called Japan Greens (みどりのテーブル Midori no Tēburu, "green table"). After the electoral success of Green activist Ryuhei Kawada in the 2007 House of Councillors election, the local green political network Rainbow and Greens has reportedly decided to dissolve itself and merge with the Japan Greens in December 2007. The two precedent organizations dissolved themselves and relaunched as Greens Japan, a political organization in late 2008, under its former Japanese name, Midori no Mirai (みどりの未来 - "green future").