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Encyclopedia > Democratic Socialist Party (Japan)

The Democratic Socialist Party (originally 民主社会党 Minshu Shakai-tō, later simply 民社党 Minsha-tō) was a former democratic socialist party that existed in Japan. Democratic socialism is a political movement propagating the ideals of socialism within the framework of a parliamentary democracy. ...


History

The Democratic Socialist Party was established in 1960 by a breakaway group (led by Suehiro Nishio) of the Japan Socialist Party. It was made up of many members of the former Rightist Socialist Party of Japan, a more moderate social-democratic faction that existed between 1948 and 1955, though Japan Socialist Party reunified afterward. DSP claimed democratic socialism and was a member of the Socialist International. The party advocated construction of a welfare state, opposed to totalitarianism (mainly communism), and strongly supported the Japan-US alliance. DSP was dissolved in 1994 to join the New Frontier Party. In 1996, when the Social Democratic Party (Japan) formed and the Japan Socialist Party dissolved, the New Frontier Party dissolved and merged itself with the Democratic Party of Japan. Despite the dissolution of the party back in 1994, its youth organisation (Minsha Youth) has survived until 2003 and was a member of the International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY). After Minsha Youth was dissolved, some of its former members and independent social democrats formed a new youth organization - the Young Socialists (Japan), which retains a full membership of IUSY. 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 Rightist Socialist Party of Japan was a Japanese political party that existed between 1948 and 1955. ... Social democracy is a political ideology emerging in the late 19th and early 20th centuries from supporters of Marxism who believed that the transition to a socialist society could be achieved through democratic evolutionary rather than revolutionary means. ... A red rose held in a closed fist is the international symbol of democratic socialism. ... The official symbol of Socialist International The Socialist International (SI) is an international organisation for social democratic and democratic socialist parties. ... There are three main interpretations of the idea of a welfare state: the provision of welfare services by the state. ... The Shinshinto (新進党, New Frontier Party) was a former Japanese political party. ... The Social Democratic Party (SDP), in Japanese more commonly known as Shakai Minshu-to, is a political party of Japan. ... The Democratic Party of Japan (民主党, Minshutō) is a liberal party in Japan. ... The International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY) encompasses socialist and social democratic youth organizations from more than 100 states of the world. ...


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Political parties in Japan lists political parties in Japan. ... There is still dispute as to whether Japan is a constitutional monarchy or a republic. ... 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 Social Democratic Party (SDP), in Japanese more commonly known as Shakai Minshu-to, is a political party of Japan. ... The Japanese Communist Party (JCP) (日本共産党), in Japanese known as Nihon Kyōsan-tō is a political party of Japan based on communism. ... The Clean Government Political Assembly (CGPA) - otherwise known as the Komei Political Assembly, was a political party in Japan from 1961 to 1964. ... The Clean Government Party (明党) or CGP, -- known in Japanese as Komeito was a former political party in Japan. ... The color red and particularly the red flag are traditional symbols of Socialism. ... A red carnation held in a closed fist is the international symbol of social democracy. ... A red rose held in a closed fist is the international symbol of democratic socialism. ... The Shinshinto (新進党, New Frontier Party) was a former Japanese political party. ... 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...

External links

  • Young Socialists, Japan

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