Liberal Democratic Party

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The Liberal Democratic Party is Japan’s long-ruling conservative political party that has governed the country for most of the period since its founding in 1955.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf conservative party
political party
ruling party of Japan
abbreviation LDP
Liberal Democratic Party self-linksurface differs
surface form: 自民党
coalitionPartner Komeito
color blue
light blue
country Japan
dominantIn postwar Japanese politics
formedByMergerOf Liberal Party (Japan)
surface form: Japan Democratic Party

Liberal Party (Japan)
founded 1955
governedForMostOfPeriodSince 1955
hasFactionalStructure yes
hasParliamentaryGroupIn House of Councillors
surface form: House of Councillors of Japan

House of Representatives of Japan
headquartersLocation Tokyo
ideology Japanese nationalism
conservatism
liberal conservatism
influencedBy agricultural lobby
business interests
languageOfName Japanese
lostPowerAgainIn 2009
lostPowerIn 1993
mainOppositionRival Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
Japan Socialist Party
nativeName 自由民主党
notableLeader Eisaku Satō
Fumio Kishida
Hayato Ikeda
Junichiro Koizumi
Kakuei Tanaka
Shinzo Abe (as Minister for Foreign Affairs)
surface form: Shinzo Abe

Yasuhiro Nakasone
opposes full-scale pacifism
politicalPosition centre-right
right-wing
producedMostPrimeMinistersOf Japan since 1955
regainedPowerAgainIn 2012
regainedPowerIn 1994
region East Asia
shortName Jimintō
LDP
supports United States–Japan security alliance
surface form: Japan–United States alliance

incremental constitutional revision
pro-market economic policies
strong Self-Defense Forces

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Keizō Obuchi memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal Democratic Party
this entity surface form: Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
Keizō Obuchi parliamentaryGroup Liberal Democratic Party
this entity surface form: Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)