Posted on April 8, 2019
Japanese Politics: Political parties (Pt. 5)
Here are description of major political parties:
a. Liberal Democratic Party (LDP):
- Long standing political party
- Usually conservative
- Pro-business tendencies
b. Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ):
- Established as a centre party with mix members from LDP, centrist and form socialist
- Strong support base from labour union
c. Constitutional Democratic Party (CDP)
- Recently formed in Oct 2017
- Large opposition party in the Lower House
- Centre-left tendency
- Pro-pacifist constitutional agenda
- Allied with Communist (JCP) and Socialist.
c. Komei:
- Religious group based on Buddhism
- Form alliance with LDP
- Strong support base amongst the elder population
Japanese Communist Party:
- Left leaning
- Pro-welfare
Party of Hope
- Mainly compose of breakaway senior members from LDP and DPJ.
- No strong unify set of policies and a vague reform theme.
Below shows the spectrum of where political parties belong in the spectrum of economical and military approach.
Please see the next section for further description of each major parties.
Reference:
https://www.japanmacroadvisors.com/page/category/politics/overview
https://www.ft.com/content/9281ca7c-4742-11e2-a899-00144feab49a
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/japan/japanparties.htm??noredirect=on
https://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Asia-and-Oceania/Japan-POLITICAL-PARTIES.html
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Liberal-Democratic-Party-of-Japan
https://www.ft.com/content/9281ca7c-4742-11e2-a899-00144feab49a