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Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)

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Liberal Democratic Party
自由民主党
Jiyū-Minshutō
AbbreviationLDP
Lib Dems[1]
Jimintō
PresidentSanae Takaichi
Vice PresidentTarō Asō
Secretary-GeneralShun'ichi Suzuki
Founders
Founded15 November 1955
(70 years, 90 days)
Merger of
Headquarters11–23,Nagatachō 1-chome,Chiyoda, Tokyo 100-8910, Japan
NewspaperJiyu Minshu [ja][2]
Student wingLDP Students Division[3]
Youth wingLDP Youth [ja]
MembershipDecrease 1,028,662 (2024est.)
Ideology
Political positionRight-wingA[›][4]
National affiliationLDP–Komeito coalition
International affiliationInternational Democrat Union (formerly)
Colours
  •   Red (since 2017)[5]
  •   Green (before 2017)[a]
Slogan日本を守る。成長を力に。
Nihon o mamoru. Seichō o chikara ni.
('Protect Japan. Turn growth into strength.')[6]
Anthem"われら"
Ware-ra
('We')[7]
Councillors
101 / 248
Representatives
195 / 465
Prefectures[8]
1,301 / 2,644
Municipalities[8]
2,137 / 29,135
Election symbol


Party flag
Website
^ A: The Liberal Democratic Party is abig-tent conservative party (see factions table below).[9] The LDP has also been described ascentre-right,[10] but the LDP hasfar-right[11][12] andultraconservative[13] factions, including members belonging to theultranationalistNippon Kaigi.

TheLiberal Democratic Party (Japanese:自由民主党Jiyū-Minshutō; or justJiminto) is one of the mainpolitical parties inJapan. It has ruled Japan for most of the time sinceWorld War II. The party isconservative.[14][15][16]

Since 2025, the current leader isPrime MinisterSanae Takaichi, the first female president of the LDP.[17] Former Prime MinisterTarō Asō has been the party's vice president since 2025. FormerFinance MinisterShun'ichi Suzuki has been the party's secretary-general since 2025.

The party wants a close relationship with theUnited States, and wants fastexport-basedeconomic growth. They also want to undergo moreprivatization. The party issocial conservative,[18] and is against the legalization ofsame-sex marriage. Jiminto is also a Japanesenationalist political party.[19]

In 2012, the Liberal Democratic Party had around 800,000 members.[20] Some important people from the party are also members of theNippon Kaigi, afar-right organization.[21]

Notes

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  1. ↑Still used on the English website

References

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  1. ↑Semans, Himari; Ninivaggi, Gabriele (2024-11-07)."LDP lawmakers urge Ishiba to step down after budget passage next year".The Japan Times. Retrieved2025-01-09.
  2. ↑Endo, Masahisa; Pekkanen, Robert (2018)."The LDP: Return to Dominance? Or a Golden Age Built on Sand?". In Pekkanen, Robert (ed.).Critical Readings on the Liberal Democratic Party in Japan. Vol. 4.Brill. p. 1626.ISBN 978-90-04-38055-4. Retrieved31 May 2023.TheJiyu Minshu, the LDP's party paper, began to focus on rural development from June 2014.
  3. ↑"自民党学生部".www.tokyo-jimin.jp. Retrieved2024-02-21.
  4. ↑
  5. ↑日本に定着するか、政党のカラー[Will the colors of political parties settle in Japan?].The Nikkei (in Japanese).Nikkei, Inc. 21 October 2017. Retrieved5 October 2021.
  6. ↑"自民党".jimin.jp. Retrieved7 October 2024.
  7. ↑党歌・シンボル.jimin.jp. Retrieved3 September 2018.
  8. 12Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications,party membership statistics for chief executives and assembly members in prefectures and municipalities:Prefectural and local assembly members and governors/mayors by political party as of 31 December 2023
  9. ↑Ellington, Lucien (2009-07-14).Japan. Bloomsbury Academic.ISBN 978-1-59884-162-6.
  10. ↑
  11. ↑Some sources also assessed that the LDP was founded with funds from ultranationalist, and some sources refer to the LDP as far-right ultranationalist:
    • Matthew Pointon, ed. (2017).Across Asia With A Lowlander. Lulu.com. p. 12.ISBN 9780244043544.Ever since the culmination of the Second World War, thefar right Liberal Democratic Party has firmly held the reins of power, with only a couple of minor interruptions.
    • "Beautiful Harmony: Political Project Behind Japan's New Era Name – Analysis".eurasia review. 16 July 2019.The shifting dynamics around the new era name (gengō 元号) offers an opportunity to understand how the domestic politics of theLDP's project of ultranationalism is shaping a new Japan and a new form of nationalism.
    • Margaret DiCanio PhD, ed. (2004).Encyclopedia of Violence. iUniverse.ISBN 9780595316526.In 1955, with funds from theultranationalists, the conservatives merged the Liberal Party with the Democratic Party to form theLiberal Democratic Party (LPD), which effectively held the Japanese Communist Party in check.
  12. ↑
    • Mark R. Mullins, ed. (2021).The Routledge Handbook of Japanese Politics. University of Hawaii Press. p. 94.ISBN 9780824890162.The first is provided by Yamatani Eriko, one of the darlings of Shinseiren and a person who represents the far right of the LDP.
    • "The Dangerous Impact of the Far-Right in Japan".Washington Square News. 15 April 2019.Another sign of the rise of the uyoku dantai's ideas is the growing power of the Nippon Kaigi. The organization is the largest far-right group in Japan and has heavy lobbying clout with the conservative LDP; 18 of the 20 members of Shinzo Abe's cabinet were once members of the group.
    • "Why Steve Bannon Admires Japan".The Diplomat. 22 June 2018.In Japan, populist and extreme right-wing nationalism has found a home within the political establishment.
    • Wesley Yee (January 2018)."Making Japan Great Again: Japan's Liberal Democratic Party as a Far Right Movement".The University of San Francisco.
    • "Japan's ruling party under fire over links to far-right extremists".The Guardian. 13 October 2014.
    • "For Abe, it will always be about the Constitution".The Japan Times. 4 July 2016. Retrieved8 July 2020.Of those three victories, the first election in December 2012 was a rout of the leftist Democratic Party of Japan and it thrust the more powerful Lower House of Parliament firmly into the hands of the long-incumbent Liberal Democratic Party under Abe. The second election in December 2014 further normalized Japan's lurch to the far right, giving the ruling coalition a supermajority of 2/3 of the seats in the Lower House.
    • "Shinzo Abe? That's Not His Name, Says Japan's Foreign Minister".The New York Times. 22 May 2019. Retrieved19 February 2020.Mr. Abe is strongly supported by the far right wing of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, which hews to tradition and tends toward insularity.
    • Leonel Lim, Michael W. Apple, ed. (2016).The Strong State and Curriculum Reform: Assessing the politics and possibilities of educational change in Asia.Routledge. p. 167.ISBN 9781317579236.... Far right LDP legislators led by Prime Minister (PM) Shinzo ̄ Abe demanded the withdrawal of the 1993 Ko ̄no Statement and attacked the ...
  13. ↑
  14. ↑Roger Blanpain; Michele Tiraboschi (2008).The Global Labour Market: From Globalization to Flexicurity. Kluwer Law International. p. 268.ISBN 978-90-411-2722-8.
  15. ↑Jeff Kingston (26 November 2013).Japan in Transformation, 1945-2010. Routledge. p. 19.ISBN 978-1-317-86192-8.
  16. ↑Larry Diamond; Richard Gunther (26 December 2001).Political Parties and Democracy. JHU Press. p. 145.ISBN 978-0-8018-6863-4.
  17. ↑{{cite web|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/04/japan/politics/ldp-election-winner-takaichi/%7Ctitle=Takaichi wins LDP leadership vote; likely to become Japan's first female PM|publisher=The Japan Times|date=4 October 2025|accessdate=4 October 2025]]
  18. ↑Inada, Miho; Dvorak, Phred."Same-Sex Marriage in Japan: A Long Way Away?"Archived 16 June 2016 at theWayback Machine.The Wall Street Journal. 20 September 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  19. ↑"The Resurgence of Japanese Nationalism (the Globalist)".Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved2016-07-11.
  20. ↑Japan TimesWhat’s the LDP’s true agenda? 23 March 2013Archived 7 December 2013 at theWayback Machine
  21. ↑Yoshio Sugimoto, ed. (2020).An Introduction to Japanese Society.Cambridge University Press. p. 242.ISBN 9781108724746.Parts of the Japanese establishment have ties with a large far-right voluntary organization, Nippon Kaigi (Japan Conference), whose ranks include grassroots members across the nation as well as national and local politicians...

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