Nippon Kaigi
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Nippon Kaigi (日本会議; lit. 'Japan Conference') is Japan's largest ultraconservative and ultranationalist far-right non-governmental organisation and lobbying group. It was established in 1997 and has approximately 38,000 to 40,000 members as of 2020. The group has significant influence in Japanese politics. Many ministers and a few prime ministers are included as members, including Sanae Takaichi, Shigeru Ishiba, Tarō Asō, Shinzō Abe and Yoshihide Suga. The organisation describes its aims as to "change the postwar national consciousness based on the Tokyo Tribunal's view of history as a fundamental problem" and to revise Japan's current Constitution, especially Article 9 which forbids the maintenance of a standing army. The group also aims to promote patriotic education, support official visits to Yasukuni Shrine and promote a nationalist interpretation of State Shinto. It also denies that comfort women, recruited by Japan during World War II, were forced to work. In the words of Hideaki Kase, an influential member of Nippon Kaigi, "We are dedicated to our conservative cause. We are monarchists. We are for revising the constitution. We are for the glory of the nation."
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| List of presidents | |||
| Year | Name | Period | Time in office |
| 1997 | Koichi Tsukamoto | 1997–1998 | 1 year |
| 1998 | Kosaku Inaba | 1998–2001 | 3 years |
| 2001 | Toru Miyoshi | 2001–2015 | 14 years(honorary president) |
| 2015 | Tadae Takubo [ja] | 2015–2024 | 9 years |
| 2025 | Tomohiko Taniguchi [ja] | 2025–present | |
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