Japan Socialist Party

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The Japan Socialist Party was a major left-wing political party in Japan that served for decades as the principal opposition to the long-ruling conservative Liberal Democratic Party.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf opposition party
political party
social democratic party
advocatedPolicy labor rights
unarmed neutrality
welfare state expansion
color red
competedIn House of Councillors elections
House of Representatives elections
coreSupportBase public sector employees
trade unions
urban working class
country Japan
dissolved 1996
formedGovernment 1947
formedGovernmentType coalition government
founded 1945
foundedAfterEvent World War II
hadWomenOrganization Japan Socialist Women’s League
hadYouthWing Japan Socialist Youth League
headquartersLocation Tokyo
ideology democratic socialism
pacifism
social democracy
socialism
mergedInto Social Democratic Party of Japan
MurayamaCabinetEnd 1996
MurayamaCabinetStart 1994
nativeName 日本社会党
nativeNameLanguage ja
notableLeader Inejiro Asanuma
Jotaro Kawakami
Takako Doi
Tetsu Katayama
Tomomi Narita
opposed Japan–US Security Treaty
oppositionPeriodEnd 1993
oppositionPeriodStart 1955
peakSeatShareHouseOfRepresentatives 1958
politicalPosition left-wing
primeMinisterFromParty Tetsu Katayama
Tomoiichi Murayama
principalOppositionTo Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
rivalParty Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
shortName JSP
splitFrom prewar socialist movements in Japan
successor Social Democratic Party (Japan)
supported nuclear disarmament
supportedDocument Japanese Constitution Article 9
wasMajorPartyDuring 1955 System

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Liberal Democratic Party mainOppositionRival Japan Socialist Party
Japan Socialist Party mergedInto Social Democratic Party of Japan
linked to: Japan Socialist Party
Japan Socialist Party nativeName 日本社会党
linked to: Japan Socialist Party
Japan Socialist Party successor Social Democratic Party (Japan)
linked to: Japan Socialist Party
Japan Socialist Party nativeName 日本社会党
subject linked to: JSP
linked to: Japan Socialist Party
Japan Socialist Party successor Social Democratic Party of Japan
subject linked to: JSP
linked to: Japan Socialist Party
Japan Socialist Youth League affiliatedWith Japan Socialist Party
Japan Socialist Youth League parentOrganization Japan Socialist Party
Jotaro Kawakami memberOf Japan Socialist Party
Jotaro Kawakami politicalParty Japan Socialist Party
Japan Socialist Women’s League affiliation Japan Socialist Party
Yukio Edano memberOfPoliticalParty Social Democratic Party (Japan)
linked to: Japan Socialist Party
Inejiro Asanuma politicalParty Japan Socialist Party
Takako Doi memberOf Japan Socialist Party
Takako Doi memberOf Social Democratic Party of Japan
linked to: Japan Socialist Party
Tomomi Narita memberOfPoliticalParty Japan Socialist Party
Tetsu Katayama politicalParty Japan Socialist Party
Tetsu Katayama coalitionGovernmentWith Japan Socialist Party
Tomoiichi Murayama politicalParty Japan Socialist Party
Tomoiichi Murayama coalitionIncluded Japan Socialist Party
Tomiichi Murayama memberOfPoliticalParty Japan Socialist Party
subject linked to: Murayama
Tomiichi Murayama politicalParty Japan Socialist Party
Tomiichi Murayama politicalParty Social Democratic Party of Japan
linked to: Japan Socialist Party
Tomiichi Murayama parliamentaryGroup Japan Socialist Party
浅沼稲次郎 政党 日本社会党
subject linked to: 浅沼 稲次郎
linked to: Japan Socialist Party
Nihon Minshutō opposedParty Japan Socialist Party
Takako Doi memberOf Japan Socialist Party
subject linked to: Doi
片山哲 政党 日本社会党
subject linked to: 片山 哲
linked to: Japan Socialist Party
片山哲 関連組織 日本社会党
subject linked to: 片山 哲
linked to: Japan Socialist Party