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The Clean Government Political Assembly (CGPA) - otherwise known as the Komei Political Assembly, was a political party in Japan from 1961 to 1964. It was a theocratic Buddhist party which wanted to make Soka Gakkai the official religion of Japan and eventually the world. 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... For the Nintendo 64 emulator, see 1964 (Emulator). ... Theocracy is a form of government in which a religion and the government are allied. ... A replica of an ancient statue found among the ruins of a temple at Sarnath Buddhism is a philosophy based on the teachings of the Buddha, Siddhārtha Gautama, a prince of the Shakyas, whose lifetime is traditionally given as 566 to 486 BCE. It had subsequently been accepted by... Soka Gakkai International or SGI is the umbrella organization for affiliate lay organizations in over 190 countries practicing a form of the Buddhism of Nichiren Daishonin. ...


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The party was formed in 1961 as a theocratic socialist party allied with the opposition Japan Socialist Party against the ruling Liberal Democrats, but did not win any seats at the elections. Its leaders were very close with Soka Gakkai, and due to the secular life of almost all Japanese in post-war Japan, the party was not a successful one. In 1964, it moderated its stance somewhat and formed the Clean Government Party. In 1998, this Komei Party merged with the New Peace Party and formed the New Clean Government Party, which is a major conservative force in modern Japan, though it is still related to Soka Gakkai. Theocracy is a form of government in which a religion and the government are allied. ... The color red and particularly the red flag are traditional symbols of Socialism. ... The Japan Socialist Party (日本社会党) (in Japanese Nihon Shakai-to) was a former Japanese political party with a socialist, left-wing ideology, which functioned between 1945 and 1996. ... The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), also known as JiyÅ« Minshutō (自由民主党, or the abbreviation Jimin-tō 自民党) is a liberal conservative political party and the largest political party in Japan, as of 2005. ... The Clean Government Party (明党) or CGP, -- known in Japanese as Komeito was a former political party in Japan. ... The New Clean Government Party (公明党, Kōmeitō) or NKP, often translated as New Komeito Party, is a political party in Japan affiliated with the religious movement Soka Gakkai. ... Conservatism or political conservatism is any of several historically related political philosophies or political ideologies. ...


This party is now defunct. It gained its support from most religious Buddhists and Soka Gakkai priests. The party was socialist and theocratic Buddhist, and left-wing, though it is now defunct. The color red and particularly the red flag are traditional symbols of Socialism. ... Theocracy is a form of government in which a religion and the government are allied. ... A replica of an ancient statue found among the ruins of a temple at Sarnath Buddhism is a philosophy based on the teachings of the Buddha, Siddhārtha Gautama, a prince of the Shakyas, whose lifetime is traditionally given as 566 to 486 BCE. It had subsequently been accepted by... In politics, left-wing, political left, leftism, or simply the left, are terms which refer (with no particular precision) to the segment of the political spectrum typically associated with any of several strains of socialism, social democracy, or liberalism (especially in the American sense of the word), or with opposition...


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