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List of political parties in Japan

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List of political parties in Japan

In Japan, any organization that supports a candidate needs to register itself as a political party. Each of these parties have some local or national influence. This article lists political parties in Japan with representation in the National Diet, either in the House of Representatives (lower house) or in the House of Councillors (upper house). The article also mentions political parties within the nation that either used to be within representation, or parties that currently are.

Tables

· Current parties › Main parties
Representatives
Representatives
Party
Representatives
Party
Councillors
Party
Abbr.
Leader(s)
Ideology
National Diet
Governors
Representatives
Councillors
Liberal Democratic Party 自由民主党 Jiyū Minshu-tō
LDP 自民党 Jimin-tō
Sanae Takaichi
Conservatism Japanese nationalism
316 / 465
101 / 248
3 / 47
Japan Innovation Party 日本維新の会 Nippon Ishin no Kai
JIP 維新 Ishin
Hirofumi Yoshimura Fumitake Fujita
Libertarian conservatism Populism
36 / 465
19 / 248
2 / 47
Democratic Party For the People 国民民主党 Kokumin Minshu-tō
DPP 国民 Kokumin
Yuichiro Tamaki
Conservatism Populism
28 / 465
25 / 248
1 / 47
Centrist Reform Alliance 中道改革連合 Chūdō Kaikaku Rengō
CRA 中道 Chūdō
Junya Ogawa
Centrism
49 / 465
0 / 248
0 / 47
Constitutional Democratic Party 立憲民主党 Rikken Minshu-tō
CDP 立憲 Rikken
Shunichi Mizuoka
Liberalism Social liberalism
0 / 465
39 / 248
0 / 47
Sanseitō 参政党 Sanseitō
DIY 参政党 Sanseitō
Sohei Kamiya
Right-wing populism Ultraconservatism
15 / 465
15 / 248
0 / 47
Komeito 公明党 Kōmeitō
NKP 公明 Kōmei
Toshiko Takeya
Buddhist democracy Social conservatism
0 / 465
21 / 248
0 / 47
Team Mirai チームみらい Chīmu-Mirai
Mirai みらい Mirai
Takahiro Anno
E-democracy
11 / 465
1 / 248
0 / 47
Japanese Communist Party 日本共産党 Nihon Kyōsan-tō
JCP 共産党 Kyōsan-tō
Tomoko Tamura
Communism Progressivism
4 / 465
7 / 248
0 / 47
Reiwa Shinsengumi れいわ新選組 Reiwa Shinsengumi
れいわ Reiwa
Mari Kushibuchi Akiko Oishi Taro Yamamoto
Progressivism Left-wing populism
1 / 465
5 / 248
0 / 47
Conservative Party of Japan 日本保守党 Nippon Hoshutō
CPJ 保守党 Hoshu-tō
Naoki Hyakuta
Japanese ultranationalism Right-wing populism
0 / 465
2 / 248
0 / 47
Social Democratic Party 社会民主党 Shakai Minshu-tō
SDP 社民党 Shamin-tō
Mizuho Fukushima
Social democracy Progressivism
0 / 465
2 / 248
0 / 47

References

  1. 41 of the 47 governors are independents.
  2. Encyclopedia Britannica
    https://www.britannica.com/place/Japan
  3. Team Mirai
    https://team-mir.ai/#policy
  4. Laws regulating political parties include the 公職選挙法 (Public Offices Election Act Archived 2021-10-02 at the Wayback Mach
    http://law.e-gov.go.jp/htmldata/S25/S25HO100.html
  5. NHKニュース
    https://web.archive.org/web/20231018021057/http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20231017/k10014228101000.html
  6. www
    https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/12/30/national/politics-diplomacy/socialism-japan/
  7. www
    https://www.nippon.com/en/column/g00362/
  8. Ainu Party Archived 2013-07-10 at the Wayback Machine
    http://www.ainu-org.jp/english/index.html
  9. Archived April 27, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
    http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111031a5.html
  10. Archived July 9, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
    http://www.asahi.com/national/update/1029/TKY201110290538.html
  11. Democracy Without Competition in Japan: Opposition Failure in a One-Party Dominant State
    https://books.google.com/books?id=7CwITBmF0-cC&pg=PA43
  12. kyodo
    https://nordot.app/1213854280240758854
  13. Hunter, p
  14. 新党「反TPP」結成 代表に山田氏、亀井氏は幹事長
    http://www.asahi.com/politics/update/1119/TKY201211190632.html
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