Political parties in Japan lists political parties in Japan. Jump to: navigation, search A political party is a political organization that subscribes to a certain ideology and seeks to attain political power within a government. ...

Major Parties

National parties with significant representations in the Houses of National Diet as of August 2004. The National Diet of Japan (国会; Kokkai) is Japans legislature. ...

• Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Jiyū Minshū-tō, or Jimin-tō (conservative, 1955-)
• Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Minshūtō (liberal, social-democratic 1998-)
• New Komeito Party (New Clean Government Party) Komeitō (conservative, theocratic Buddhist, 1998-)
  • formerly Clean Government Party (Former) (socialist, theocratic Buddhist, 1964-1998)
  • formerly Clean Government Political Assembly (socialist, theocratic Buddhist, 1961-1964)
• Japanese Communist Party (JCP) Nihon Kyōsan-tō (communist, 1922-)
• Social Democratic Party (SDP) Shakai Minshūtō, or Shamin-tō (socialist, 1996-)
  • formerly Japan Socialist Party (JSP) Nihon Shakai-tō (socialist, 1945-1996)
    • a breakaway group formerly known as the Democratic Socialist Party (Japan), now defunct, (social-democratic, 1960-1996)
      • in 1948 split up into the Rightist Socialist Party of Japan, (moderate social-democratic, 1948-1955), and Leftist Socialist Party of Japan, (extreme socialist, 1948-1955), in 1955, reunified into JSP.

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• People's New Party (PNP) Kokumin Shintō (conservative, 2005-)
• New Party Nippon (NPN) Shintō Nippon (2005-)
• New Party Daichi (NPD) Shintō Daichi (2005-)

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Minor Parties

National Parties with Representations in the Diet

Other national parties and groups of independent MPs, represented in the Houses of National Diet as of August 2004. The National Diet of Japan (国会; Kokkai) is Japans legislature. ...

• Liberal League Jiyu Rengo (liberal, 1994-)

The Liberal League; Japanese Jiyu Rengo (自由連合); is a conservative-liberal political party in Japan. ...

Existing National Parties with Representations in the Diet in the Past

Current political parties which used to have representation in the Diet before but which do not now.

• Dainiin Club Dainiin Kurabu (centrist, 1983-)
• New Socialist Party Shin Shakai To (socialist, 1996-)
• Sports and Peace Party Supotsu Heiwa To (centrist, 1989-)
• Takeru (centrist, 2001-)

The Dainiin Club is a political party in the Upper House of Japan. ... In politics, centrism usually refers to the political ideal of promoting moderate policies which land in the middle ground between different political extremes. ... The Takeru is a political party in Japan. ...

Other Parties

• Rainbow and Greens Niji to Midori (green)
• Ishin Seito Shimpu (far-right, 1995-)
• Women's Party Josei To (Feminist, 1993-)

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Regional Parties

Some of the main regional parties with representations in regional assemblies.

• Kanagawa Network Movement Kanagawa Nettowaku Undo (Yokohama, socialist)
• Seikatsusha Network Seikatsusha Nettowaku (Tokyo, socialist)
• Okinawa Social Mass Party Okinawa Shakai Taishu To (Okinawa, socialist)
• Green Niigata, Midori Niigata (Niigata, communist)
  • formerly Niigata New Party for People, Shimin Shin-to Niigata (Niigata, communist)

Defunct Parties

• Association of Independents Mushozoku no Kai (centrist, 1999-2004)
  • formerly House of Representatives Club Sangiin Kurabu (centrist, 1998-1999)
• New Conservative Party, (conservative, 2002-2003)
  • formerly Conservative Party of Japan (2000), (conservative, 2000-2002)
• Liberal Party (1998), (liberal, 1998-2003)
• Democratic Party of Japan (1996), (liberal, 1996-1998)
• Good Governance Party, (liberal, 1998)
• New Fraternity Party, (liberal reformist, 1998)
• Sun Party, (liberal reformist, 1996-1998)
• Democratic Reform Party (liberal reformist, 1993-1998)
• Midori no Kaigi Environmental Green Political Assembly (ecologist conservative reformist, 2002-2004)
  • formerlyThe Sakigake Party, (conservative reformist-ecologist, 1998-2002)
  • formerly New Party Sakigake, (conservative reformist-ecologist, 1993-1998)
• New Peace Party, (conservative, 1997-1998)
• Japan New Party, (liberal, 1993-1996)
• Japan Renewal Party, (liberal, 1993-1994)
• New Frontier Party, (socialist/liberal, 1994-1997)
• Democratic Socialist Party (Japan), (social-democratic, 1960-1994 - broke off from JSP)
• Democratic Party of Japan, Occupation, (agrarian conservative, 1945-1955)
• Liberal Party of Japan, Occupation, (conservative, 1945-1955)
• Great Achievement Association, (conservative nationalist, 1889-1909)
  • formerly Conservative Party of Japan (1880)
• Constitutional Liberal Party (Japan), (liberal, 1882-1931)
• Constitutional Progressive Party, (moderate liberal, 1882-1934)
• Liberal Party of Japan (1881), (liberal, 1881)
  • formerly Aikokusha, (liberal, 1872-1881)

• Timeline of liberal parties in Japan

Japan has other minor parties not represented in Parliament (which have never been represented before), mostly reformist, liberal, nationalist, socialist, and communist parties. The New Conservative Party (保守新党 Hoshu Shinto) is a now-defunct political party in Japan originally led by Hiroshi Kumagai. ... The Liberal Party (in Japanese Jiyu-to) was a former Japanese and liberal party formed in 1998 by Ichiro Ozawa and Hirohisa Fujii. ... The Good Governance Party(民政党 Minseitō) was a Japanese political party which was in existence for a short period in 1998. ... The New Fraternity Party (新党友愛 Shinto Yuai) was a Japanese political party that existed in early 1998. ... The Sun Party (太陽党 Taiyōtō) was a Japanese political party which existed from 1996 to 1998. ... The Midori no kaigi (みどりの会議), known in English as Environmental Green Political Assembly was a right-wing political party in Japan which has a mix of platforms. ... Ecology is the branch of science that studies the distribution and abundance of living organisms, and the interactions between organisms and their environment. ... Conservatism or political conservatism is any of several historically related political philosophies or political ideologies. ... Reformism (also called revisionism or revisionist theory) is the belief that gradual changes in a society can ultimately change its fundamental structures. ... The Sakigake Party was a Japanese political party which existed from 1998 through 2002. ... The New Party Sakigake (新党さきがけ Shinto Sakigake) was a Japanese political party that broke away from the Liberal Democratic Party on June 22, 1993. ... The Japan New Party (日本新党 Nihon Shintō) is a Japanese political party that existed briefly from 1992 to 1994. ... The Japan Renewal Party (also JRP)(新生党, Shinseitō) was a Japanese political party that existed in the early 1990s. ... The Shinshinto (新進党, New Frontier Party) was a former Japanese political party. ... 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. ... This article is part of or related to the Liberalism series Categories: Politics stubs | Liberal related stubs | Historical liberal parties ... ... This article is part of or related to the Liberalism series Categories: Politics stubs | Liberal related stubs | Liberalism by country | Japanese political parties ... Reformism (also called revisionism or revisionist theory) is the belief that gradual changes in a society can ultimately change its fundamental structures. ... Jump to: navigation, search Look up liberal on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Liberal may refer to: Politics: Liberalism American liberalism, a political trend in the USA Political progressivism, a political ideology that is for change, often associated with liberal movements Liberty, the condition of being free from control or restrictions... Nationalism is an ideology that creates and sustains a nation as a concept of a common identity for groups of humans. ... The color red and particularly the red flag are traditional symbols of Socialism. ... Communism - Wikipedia /**/ @import /w/skins-1. ...

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