Citizens' Liberal Party

The Citizens' Liberal Party (民自党, Minjitō), or CLP, also known as the Democratic Party of Japan in Yakuza 3 is a dominant political party in Japan and is prominently featured in Yakuza 3, Yakuza: Like a Dragon and Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth. It is the ruling party in Japan in 2008 and from 2017 to 2023.
==History==
=== Yakuza 3: 2009 ===
The CLP is the leading political party in Japan. Ryuzo Tamiya acts as the country's minister of defense and Yoshinobu Suzuki as the minister of domestic travel. Publically, the two are rivals, as they have different ideas on what to build in Okinawa on the plot of land partially owned by Kazuma Kiryu. While Tamiya wants to build a military base, Suzuki tries to turn the land into a resort. However, Tamiya is secretly only acting this way as he's collaborating with the CIA in a plot to draw out Black Monday.
=== Yakuza 6: 2016-2017 ===
The Fixer, an Éminence grise that keeps the public image of the party clean, is close to dying. At this time, Kazuma Kiryu and members of the Hirose Family reveal the secret of Onomichi, Yamato Mark II, and with it, Kiryu learns details of mass corruption within the Japanese government under the party's rule. After the Fixer's death, his successor makes a deal with Kiryu, recruiting him as an agent in the Daidoji Faction and faking his death. This ensures his silence and keeps up the party's image before the upcoming election.
=== Yakuza: Like a Dragon: 2017-2019 ===
In early 2017 the CLP wins another election. In addition, Ryo Aoki joins the CLP after leaving Bleach Japan in the hands of Hajime Ogasawara. He becomes the governor of Tokyo in 2017, although he wins only by a small percentage. As governor, he initiates the Kamurocho 3K plan, which, with the assistance of Masumi Arakawa, all but eradicates the Tojo Clan in Kamurocho by 2019. Since Ryo Aoki is collaborating with the Omi Alliance, the Kansai organisation starts taking over Kamurocho around late 2018 and early 2019. In 2019, Yutaka Ogikubo, the current party chair, falls ill and his ties to the Ijin Three are revealed to the public in a newspaper article by Shoichi Nanba. Ryo Aoki with an approval rating of 80% then replaces him as the new party chair. Around this time, the House of Representatives is dissolved, possibly as a result of Ogikubo's resignation. In preparation for the new election Sota Kume joins the party to run as the Representative of Kanagawa District no. 2. Their campaign acts a rival to the campaign of Ichiban Kasuga, an independent politician. After another electoral success, Kazuma Kiryu leaks insider information provided by the Daidoji faction to Ichiban Kasuga, who, with the help of Nick Ogata, exposes Ryo Aoki's ties to the Yakuza. This eventually leads to his assasination by a CLP representative, Sota Kume, who is arrested briefly afterwards. 
===Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth: 2019-2023===
Having lost much support following Aoki's corruption coming to light, the CLP lose their next election. As an opposition party, they support Ichiban Kasuga and Kazuma Kiryu through the Daidoji Faction in exposing the new Bleach Japan's deal with Palekana, incriminating their political rivals.
==Membership==
===Party Chair===
* Yutaka Ogikubo (unknown-2019)
* Ryo Aoki (2019)
===Governors===
* Governor of Tokyo - Ryo Aoki (2017-2019)
===Ministers===
* Minister of Defense - Ryuzo Tamiya (2008, most likely c. 2005-2009)
* Minister of Domestic Travel - Yoshinobu Suzuki (2008, most likely c. 2005-2009)
* Minister of Health - Naohisa Kazami (c. 2017-2019)
** Vice Minister of Health - Kaoru Ichinose (c. 2017-2019)
** Vice Minister of Health - Reiko Kusumoto (c. 2017 - 2022/3)
===Representatives===
* Representative for Kanagawa District no. 2 - Sota Kume (2019)
===Councillors===
* Councillor - Ryo Aoki (2010-unknown, before 2017)
===Other Members===
* Director of the Ministry Intelligence Agency - Kyohei Jingu (late 1990's-2005)
* Secretary to the Minister of Defense - Shoyo Toma (2008-2009, most likely c. 2005-2009)
===Éminence Grise===
* Heizo Iwami (c. 1952-Unknown)
* Minoru Daidoji (Unknown-2016)
* Unnamed successor to the Fixer (2016-present)
=== Undefined Leading Position ===
* Minoru Daidoji (c. 1952-unknown)
==Trivia==
* The CLP's name in Japanese (民自党, Minjitō) is very close to the name of the real-life Liberal Democratic Party (自民党, Jimintō). Just as its real-life counterpart, the CLP is portrayed as being perpetually in power in Japanese politics: The real-life Liberal Democratic Party has been in power in Japan almost uninterrupted since the return to democracy in 1955, only being ousted from the government twice, between 1993-1994 and 2009-2012.
*It can be assumed that the Daidoji Faction opposes Aoki's leadership based on how they were willing to leak incriminating evidence of Aoki's crimes to Kiryu.
== Notes ==
== References ==
Category:Political Organizations