Parties

Encyclopedia of Japan · 10 items

Right

Liberal Democratic Party

Party of the incumbent head of government

conservatism

Founded: 1955
Current leader: Sanae Takaichi

Left

Japanese Communist Party

pacifism, progressivism, scientific socialism

Founded: 1922
Current leader: Tomoko Tamura

Centre-right

Komeito

social liberalism, Engaged Buddhism, social conservatism

Founded: 1998
Current leader: Tetsuo Saito

Social Democratic Party

pacifism, social democracy

Founded: 1996
Current leader: Mizuho Fukushima

Centre-left

Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan

liberalism, social liberalism, progressivism

Founded: 2020
Current leader: Yoshihiko Noda

Centre-right

Nippon Ishin no Kai

populism, economic liberalism, liberal conservatism

Founded: 2015

Chongryon

Founded: 1955

Centre-right

Democratic Party For the People

conservatism, moderate conservatism

Founded: 2020
Current leader: Yūichirō Tamaki

Right

National Socialist Japanese Labor Party

neo-Nazism, Turanism, Japanese nationalism

Founded: 1982

Right

The Collaborative Party

direct democracy, anti-communism, right-wing populism

Founded: 2013
Current leader: Ayaka Ōtsu

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