list of political parties in japan
major parties
Table:
Party

Diet Representation

Party Leader

Comments

Representatives

Councillors

Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
Jiyū Minshu-tō 自由民主党,
or Jimin-tō 自民党

295

115

Shinzō Abe PM Reps.

Populism, Conservatism and Japanese nationalism. The LDP is Japan's largest political party. It is a conservative party and is made up of various conservative, nationalist and centrist factions. Before 2009, the LDP had been in power almost continuously since 1955, when it was formed as a merger of early postwar Japan's two conservative parties, the Liberal Party of Japan, Occupation, and the Democrat Party of Japan, Occupation.

Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ)
Minshu-tō 民主党
("Democratic Party")

57

59

Banri Kaieda Reps.

Social liberalism. The DPJ is Japan's second largest political party. It was formed in the late 1990s as a result of the merger of several anti-LDP parties. Its membership covers a broad spectrum of political beliefs, but it is generally perceived as a center-left party.[1]

Japan Restoration Party (JRP)
Nippon Ishin no Kai 日本維新の会

53

9

Shintarō Ishihara Reps.
Tōru Hashimoto (Mayor of Osaka)

Japanese nationalism, neoconservatism, economic liberalism and administrative reform; formed by former Tokyo governor Shintarō Ishihara's Sunrise Party and former Osaka governor Tōru Hashimoto's Osaka Restoration Association. It is considered more right wing than the Liberal Democratic Party.

New Komeito (NKP)
Kōmeitō 公明党
("Clean Government", "Fairness" or "Justice Party")

31

20

Natsuo Yamaguchi Coun.

The New Komeito Party was formerly known as the Clean Government Political Assembly and the Komeito. At its foundation, the party was center-left, but it has trended rightwards as a participant in the LDP's governing coalitions. It is supported by the Buddhist new religious movement Sōka Gakkai. It was Japan's third largest party in the House of Representatives of Japan until the formation of People's Life First in 2012.

Your Party (YP)
Minna no Tō みんなの党
("Everybody's Party")

18

18

Yoshimi Watanabe Reps.

Conservative liberalism, Neoliberalism, Economic liberalism, Libertarianism, Anti-nuclear

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