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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."

Infobox

Chairman
Tomohiko Taniguchi
General Secretary
Yuzo Kabashima
Founder
Koichi Tsukamoto
Founded
30 May 1997; 28 years ago (1997-05-30)
Merger of
Nihon wo mamoru Kokumin Kaigi and Nihon wo mamoru Kai
Headquarters
Vort Aobadai II, Aobadai, Meguro, Tokyo
Membership
c. 38,000 – 40,000 (2020 est.)
Ideology
mw- Conservatism (Japanese)Religious nationalismUltranationalismHistorical negationismMilitarismReactionism
Political position
Far-right
Religion
Shinto
Affiliations
Nippon Kaigi National Lawmakers Friendship Association
Colours
mw- Black Carmine

Tables

· Presidency
Year
Year
List of presidents
Year
List of presidents
Name
List of presidents
Period
List of presidents
Time in office
1997
1997
List of presidents
1997
List of presidents
Koichi Tsukamoto
List of presidents
1997–1998
List of presidents
1 year
1998
1998
List of presidents
1998
List of presidents
Kosaku Inaba
List of presidents
1998–2001
List of presidents
3 years
2001
2001
List of presidents
2001
List of presidents
Toru Miyoshi
List of presidents
2001–2015
List of presidents
14 years(honorary president)
2015
2015
List of presidents
2015
List of presidents
Tadae Takubo [ja]
List of presidents
2015–2024
List of presidents
9 years
2025
2025
List of presidents
2025
List of presidents
Tomohiko Taniguchi [ja]
List of presidents
2025–present
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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