Komeito

Komeito
公明党
LeaderNatsuo Yamaguchi
Deputy LeadersKazuo Kitagawa
Noriko Furuya
Tetsuo Saito
Secretary-GeneralKeiichi Ishii
Councilors LeaderMakoto Nishida
FoundedNovember 7, 1998 (1998-11-07)
Merger ofKōmeitō (1962)
New Peace Party
Reform Club
Headquarters17 Minamimoto-machi, Shinjuku, Tokyo 160-0012
NewspaperKomei Shimbun
Ideology
Political positionCentre[B][5]
ReligionBuddhism (Soka Gakkai)[6] (de facto)
Colors
  •   Pink
  •   Blue[a][b]
Slogan大衆と共に (Taishū to tomo ni)[7]
("With the Public")
Representatives
32 / 465
Councillors
27 / 248
Prefectural assembly members
206 / 2,644
Municipal assembly members[8]
2,667 / 29,135
Website

^ A: Komeito embraces market liberalism to some extent, but it also emphasizes social welfare,[9] and officially puts forward "Humanitarian socialism" as its main ideology.[citation needed]
^ B: It is also sometimes rated as centre-left[10] or right-wing.[11][12]

Komeito (公明党, Kōmeitō), formerly New Komeito and abbreviated NKP, is a political party in Japan founded by members of the Buddhist movement Soka Gakkai in 1964.[13][14] It is generally considered as centrist and conservative. Since 2012, it has served in government as the junior coalition partner of the nationalist and conservative governments lead by the Liberal Democratic Party.[15]

Natsuo Yamaguchi has been the president of the party since 8 September 2009 and currently serves as a member of the House of Councillors (the upper house) in the National Diet.[16]

Komeito currently has 32 elected deputies at the japanese House of Representatives.

  1. ^ Far Eastern Affairs. East View Publications. 1978. p. 112.
  2. ^ Ronald J Hrebenar, ed. (2000). Japan's New Party System. Avalon Publishing. p. 167. The Komeito Returns: The Party of "Buddhist Democracy"
  3. ^ George Ehrhardt; Axel Klein; Levi McLaughlin, eds. (2014). Kōmeitō: Politics and Religion in Japan. Institute of East Asian Studies. p. 67.
  4. ^ Lucien Ellington, ed. (2009). Japan. ABC-CLIO. p. 168. ISBN 9781598841626. ... Because of this political strength, the Liberal Democratic Party has in recent years included the moderate to socially conservative Komeito Party in coalition governments.
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  6. ^ Metraux, Daniel A. (1996), "The Soka Gakkai: Buddhism and the Creation of a Harmonious and Peaceful Society", Engaged Buddhism: Buddhist Liberation Movements in Asia, State University of New York Press, p. 386
  7. ^ "公明党" [Komeito]. komei.or.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 28 July 2019. ... 結党以来のスローガン『大衆とともに』の精神こそ、 ...
  8. ^ Ministry 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. ^ "The hidden power of Komeito on Japanese politics". East Asia Forum. 3 December 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2022. Observers can expect Kishida to avoid difficult debates over security policy, expand social welfare spending, and consider only limited social reforms to satisfy Komeito.
  10. ^ "公明党は安保法制の「歯止め」か「触媒」か" [Which is the Komeito party "stop" or "catalyst" in security legislation?]. 16 April 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  11. ^ "Japan: Return of the Right". Frontline. 11 January 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2020. The LDP will be ruling in coalition with another right-wing party—the Komeito.
  12. ^ Jeffrey Haynes (2020). Politics of Religion: A Survey. "the NKP is a right-wing, conservative party with religious goals."
  13. ^ Klein, Axel; McLaughlin, Levi (2 September 2020). Pekkanen, Robert J; Pekkanen, Saadia M (eds.). "Kōmeitō: The Party and Its Place in Japanese Politics". The Oxford Handbook of Japanese Politics. doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190050993.001.0001. ISBN 9780190050993. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  14. ^ Matsutani, Minoru (2 December 2008). "Soka Gakkai keeps religious, political machine humming". The Japan Times, Ltd. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  15. ^ Yoshida, Reiji (18 December 2012). "LDP charges back, vows to regain voter confidence". The Japan Times, Ltd. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  16. ^ "Members: Mr. YAMAGUCHI Natsuo". House of Councillors, The National Diet of Japan. Retrieved 21 July 2019.


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