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  2. Liberalism in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Japanese liberalism (自由主義 or リベラリズム) [note 1] formed in the nineteenth century as a reaction against traditional society. In the twentieth century 'liberal' (自由) gradually became a synonym for conservative, and today the main conservative party in the country is named Liberal Democratic Party (自由民主党, Jiyū-Minshutō).

  3. List of political parties in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Japanese Democratic Party (JDP; Nihon Minshutō): Hatoyama-led breakaway from the liberals merged with smaller groups including the opposition remnants of the Democratic Party; the "conservative merger" (hoshu gōdō) of 1955 united Liberal Party and Japanese Democratic Party in the Liberal Democratic Party that dominated postwar politics for ...

  4. Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) - Wikipedia

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    Launching convention, 15 November 1955. The LDP was formed in 1955 [19] as a merger between two of Japan's political parties, the Liberal Party (自由党, Jiyutō, 1950–1955, led by Taketora Ogata) and the Japan Democratic Party (日本民主党, Nihon Minshutō, 1954–1955, led by Ichirō Hatoyama), both conservative parties, as a united front against the then popular Japan Socialist ...

  5. Category:Liberalism in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Liberalism portal; This category collects individuals, organizations, publications, events and other topics that are relevant to Liberalism in Japan. Please use the respective subcategories, if existing.

  6. Progressive political parties (Japan) - Wikipedia

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    2017: When the centrist/liberal Democratic Party attempted to merge with the right-wing party Kibō no Tō, led by Yuriko Koike, progressive-liberals and constitutionalists in the party opposed to the merger created the liberal-leaning Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan. 2019: When the "Liberal Party" attempted to merge with the centrist ...

  7. Liberal Party (Japan, 1881) - Wikipedia

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    The first Liberal Party of Japan was formed on October 18, 1881, by Itagaki Taisuke and other members of the Freedom and People's Rights Movement (League for the Establishment of a National Assembly) to agitate for the establishment of a national assembly, with a membership based on the ideals of liberal democracy under a constitutional monarchy.

  8. Freedom and People's Rights Movement - Wikipedia

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    Itagaki Taisuke Azenbō Soeda, whose liberalistic ballads came to be seen as the anthem of the Jiyūtō [1]. The Freedom and People's Rights Movement, Liberty and Civil Right Movement, Free Civil Right Movement (自由民権運動, Jiyū Minken Undō) (abbreviated as Freedom Party (自由党, Jiyūtō) [2]), Popular Rights Movement, or Autonomy and People's Rights Movement [3]: 44 was a ...

  9. Factions in the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) - Wikipedia

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    In 1955, when the Liberal Party (Yoshida) and the Democratic Party (Hatoyama) merged to form the Liberal Democratic Party, each party brought with it four factions, for a total of eight factions in the new party. [1] This began the "1955 System", namely, decades of LDP domination of Japanese politics.