The Social Democratic Party is a political party in Japan that was established in 1996. Since its reformation and name change in 1996,it has advocated pacifism and defined itself as a social-democratic party. It was previously known as the Japan Socialist Party.
Seiji Maehara is a Japanese politician and was the leader of the Democratic Party from 1 September 2017 until its dissolution later that month. He has also been a member of the House of Representatives of Japan since 1993.
Yoshimi Watanabe is a Japanese politician. He was formerly a member of the Liberal Democratic Party and later the founder of Your Party,after which he became a member of Nippon Ishin no Kai until 2019 when he then became an independent politician. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1996 to 2014,and returned to the Diet in 2016 as a member of the House of Councillors.
Akira Nagatsuma is a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan,a member of House of Representatives in the Diet. Nagatsuma is currently the deputy leader and the head of the Tokyo chapter of the CDP. He had served as the Minister of Health,Labour,and Welfare in the Hatoyama and Kan administration. He came to prominence when he reported missing records of public pension plans. A native of Nerima,Tokyo and graduate of Keio University,he was elected for the first time in 2000 after unsuccessful runs in 1995 and 1996.
Goshi Hosono is a Japanese politician and a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. A native of Ōmihachiman,Shiga and graduate of Kyoto University,he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2000. He was the Minister of Environment and Minister of State for Nuclear Power Policy and Administration in the cabinet of Yoshihiko Noda. He represents the 5th District of Shizuoka prefecture.
Yukio Edano is a Japanese politician who served as the leader of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan from its formation in 2017 until 2021. A member of the House of Representatives in the Diet since 1993,he served as Chief Cabinet Secretary and Minister of Economy,Trade and Industry in the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) government from 2010 to 2012.
Kohei Otsuka is a Japanese politician. He was a former leader of the Democratic Party for the People (DPP) and the Democratic Party (DP). A native of Nagoya,Aichi,he attended Waseda University and received a Ph.D. in fiscal and monetary policies and reforms. Afterwards,he worked at the Bank of Japan from 1983 to 2000 before being elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2001.
Takashi Yamamoto was a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan,a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet.
Ōsaka 10th district is a single-member electoral district of the House of Representatives,the lower house of the national Diet of Japan. It is located in northeastern Osaka and consists of Takatsuki city and Shimamoto town,the only remaining municipality of Mishima county. As of 2016,321,805 eligible voters were registered in the district.
General elections were held in Japan on 22 October 2017. Voting took place in all Representatives constituencies of Japan –289 single-member districts and eleven proportional blocks –in order to appoint all 465 members of the House of Representatives,the lower house of the then 707-member bicameral National Diet of Japan. Incumbent Prime Minister ShinzōAbe's governing coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and the Komeito party retained their seats in signs of what was perceived as weak opposition. The PM won his fourth term in office and held on to the two-thirds supermajority in order to implement policies on revising the war-renouncing Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution.
The Democratic Party,abbreviated as DP,was a political party in Japan. It was the largest opposition political party in Japan from 2016 until its marginalization in the House of Representatives in 2017. The party was founded on 27 March 2016 from the merger of the Democratic Party of Japan and the Japan Innovation Party. The majority of the party split on 28 September 2017,before the 2017 general election,with many its members contesting the election as candidates for the Party of Hope,Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan or as party members without nomination. On 7 May 2018 the DP merged with the Party of Hope to form the Democratic Party for the People.
Saitama 5th district is a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan. It is located in Saitama Prefecture and covers Nishi,Kita,Minuma,Ōmiya and Chūōwards of the city of Saitama.
General elections were held in Japan on 31 October 2021,as required by the constitution. Voting took place in all constituencies in order to elect members to the House of Representatives,the lower house of the National Diet. As the constitution requires the cabinet to resign in the first Diet session after a general election,the elections will also lead to a new election for Prime Minister in the Diet,and the appointment of a new cabinet,although ministers may be re-appointed. The election was the first general election of the Reiwa era.
Yuichiro Tamaki is a Japanese politician and the leader of the Democratic Party for the People (DPFP). He is a member of the House of Representatives,and a former leader of Kibōno Tō. Before joining Kibō,Tamaki was a member of the Democratic Party.
Tokyo 7th district is a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan. The district is in central Tokyo City and encompasses the entire Shibuya ward,parts of Nakano,Shinagawa and Meguro wards as well as a small part of Suginami.
The Democratic Party for the People,abbreviated to DPP or DPFP,is a centre to centre-right political party in Japan. The party was formed on 7 May 2018 from the merger of the Democratic Party and Kibōno Tō.
Takayuki Ochiai is a Japanese politician from the Constitutional Democratic Party (CDP) and a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. Ochiai represents the Tokyo 6th district.
The Group of Independents was a parliamentary group in the House of Representatives,the lower house of the Japanese National Diet. It consisted exclusively of non-party deputies,many of whom were formerly members of the Democratic Party.
The 2021 Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan leadership election took place on 30 November 2021 to elect the next President of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan after the inaugural leader of the party,Yukio Edano,announced his intention to resign as party leader citing the party's poor performance in the 2021 general election.
The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan,commonly abbreviated to CDP,CDPJ or Minshutō (民主党),is a liberal political party in Japan.
