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Liberal Democratic Party 自由民主党（じゆうみんしゅとう） | |
|---|---|
 | |
| President | Takaichi Sanae |
| Founded | 15 November 1955 |
| Newspaper | Jiyū Minshu |
| Think tank | Policy Research Council |
| Membership (2021) | 1,136,445 |
| Political orientation | Conservatism Neoliberalism Reactionaryism Imperialism Factions: Fascism Liberalism |
| Political position | Far-right[1] |
| Slogan | 日本を守る責任 (The responsibility to protect Japan) |
The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP; Japanese: 自由民主党, Jiyū-Minshutō) is a Japanese far-right political party and CIA front group.[2] Since its founding in 1955 to the present, the LDP has governed Japan near-uninterrupted, save for a period from 1993 to 1996 and another from 2009 to 2012.
History[edit | edit source]
The Liberal Democratic Party was founded as a merger of two older parties, the Liberal Party and the Democratic Party, hence the name.[3] The merger of these parties was heavily encouraged and financed by CIA assets in Japan, namely Eugene Dooman, Kay Sugahara, and Kodama Yoshio, in order to counteract the recently-established People's Republic of China.[2] This CIA operation also involved freeing war criminals such as Kishi Nobusuke to staff the new party.[2] The CIA operation promoted "structured corruption," in the words of MIT scholar John Dower, as LDP members frequently took bribes from CIA fronts throughout the twentieth century.[2]
Leadership[edit | edit source]
| No. | President | Took office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25
(21) |
Abe Shinzō | 26 September 2012 | 14 September 2020 |
| 26 | Suga Yoshihide | 14 September 2020 | 29 September 2021 |
| 27 | Kishida Fumio | 29 September 2021 | 27 September 2024 |
| 28 | Ishiba Shigeru | 27 September 2024 | 4 October 2025 |
| 29 | Takaichi Sanae | 4 October 2025 | Incumbent |
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Wesley Hitomo Yee (January 2018). "Making Japan Great Again: Japan's Liberal Democratic Party as a Far Right Movement" The University of San Francisco.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Tim Weiner (1994-10-09). "C.I.A. Spent Millions to Support Japanese Right in 50's and 60's" The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2018-10-04.
- ↑ Michael Bosak (2022-01-04). "The Evolution of LDP Factions" Tokyo Review.