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[[Nippon Kaigi]] is a [[Ultranationalism|ultranationalist]], [[Conservatism|conservative]], far-right lobby group in [[Japan]].
{{Infobox political party
| name            = Japan Conference
| native_name      = 日本会議
| native_name_lang = jp
| logo            = Nippon Kaigi logo.png
| logo_size        = 250px
| chairman        = Tadae Takubo
| general_secretary = Yuzo Kabashima
| leader1_title    = Honorary Chairman
| leader1_name    = Toru Miyoshi
| leader2_title    = Adviser
| leader2_name    = Koichiro Ishii<br />Michihisa Kitashirakawa<br />Naotake Takatsukasa
| leader3_title    = Key people
| leader3_name    = Iwao Ando
| founder          = [[Koichi Tsukamoto]]
| founded          = {{birth date|1997|5|30|df=yes}}
| merger          = [[Nihon wo mamoru Kokumin Kaigi]]<br>[[Nihon wo mamoru Kai]]
| headquarters    = Vort Aobadai II, [[Aobadai]], [[Meguro]], [[Tokyo]]
| membership_year  = 2020
| membership      = 38,000<ref name="BBC News">{{News citation|author=Rupert Wingfield-Hayes|date=2020-08-15|title= VJ Day: A WW2 hero and a reckoning with Japan's past|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-53763059|newspaper=BBC News|access-date=2021-09-07}}</ref>
| political_orientation        = [[Conservatism]]<br>[[Ultranationalism]]<br>[[Historical revisionism]]<br>[[Monarchism]]<br>[[Traditionalist conservatism|Traditionalism]]
| position        = [[Right-wing politics|Right-wing]] to [[Far-right politics|far-right]]
| national        =
| affiliation1_title = Affiliations
| affiliation1    = Nippon Kaigi National Lawmakers Friendship Association
| blank1_title    =
| blank1          =
| website          = [https://www.nipponkaigi.org/ nipponkaigi.org]
| country          = Japan
}}


Nippon Kaigi holds that "Japan should be applauded for liberating much of East Asia from Western colonial powers; that the 1946–1948 Tokyo War Crimes tribunals were illegitimate; and that killings by Imperial Japanese troops during the 1937 Nanjing Massacre were exaggerated or fabricated" and that [[comfort women]] were not forced into sexual slavery.
The '''Japan Conference'''<ref group=lower-alpha>Japanese: ''日本会議'', Romanized: ''Nippon Kaigi''</ref> is an [[Ultranationalism|ultranationalist]], [[Conservatism|conservative]], far-right lobby group in [[Japan]].
 
==Beliefs==
 
The Japan Conference holds that "Japan should be applauded for liberating much of [[East Asia]] from Western [[Colonialism|colonial]] powers; that the 1946–1948 Tokyo War Crimes tribunals were illegitimate; and that killings by [[Empire of Japan (1868–1947)|Imperial Japanese]] troops during the 1937 [[Nanjing Massacre]] were exaggerated or fabricated" and that [[comfort women]] were not forced into sexual slavery.
 
==References==
 
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===Notes===
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[[Category:Far-right groups in Japan]]

Latest revision as of 13:26, 2 January 2023

Japan Conference

日本会議
ChairmanTadae Takubo
General SecretaryYuzo Kabashima
Honorary ChairmanToru Miyoshi
AdviserKoichiro Ishii
Michihisa Kitashirakawa
Naotake Takatsukasa
Key peopleIwao Ando
FounderKoichi Tsukamoto
Founded(1997-05-30)30 May 1997
Merger ofNihon wo mamoru Kokumin Kaigi
Nihon wo mamoru Kai
HeadquartersVort Aobadai II, Aobadai, Meguro, Tokyo
Membership (2020)38,000[1]
Political orientationConservatism
Ultranationalism
Historical revisionism
Monarchism
Traditionalism
Political positionRight-wing to far-right
AffiliationsNippon Kaigi National Lawmakers Friendship Association
Website
nipponkaigi.org


The Japan Conference[a] is an ultranationalist, conservative, far-right lobby group in Japan.

Beliefs[edit | edit source]

The Japan Conference holds that "Japan should be applauded for liberating much of East Asia from Western colonial powers; that the 1946–1948 Tokyo War Crimes tribunals were illegitimate; and that killings by Imperial Japanese troops during the 1937 Nanjing Massacre were exaggerated or fabricated" and that comfort women were not forced into sexual slavery.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Rupert Wingfield-Hayes (2020-08-15). "VJ Day: A WW2 hero and a reckoning with Japan's past" BBC News.

Notes[edit | edit source]

  1. Japanese: 日本会議, Romanized: Nippon Kaigi