Japan Socialist Party

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opposition party political party social democratic party

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.

Aliases (3)

Statements (50)

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 →

Referenced by (21)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Inejiro Asanuma → Jotaro Kawakami → Tetsu Katayama → Tomoiichi Murayama →	politicalParty
Jotaro Kawakami → Takako Doi → Takako Doi ("Social Democratic Party of Japan") →	memberOf
Tomomi Narita → Yukio Edano ("Social Democratic Party (Japan)") →	memberOfPoliticalParty
Japan Socialist Party ("日本社会党") → Japan Socialist Party ("日本社会党") →	nativeName
Japan Socialist Women’s League → Japan Socialist Youth League →	parentOrganization
Japan Socialist Party ("Social Democratic Party (Japan)") → Japan Socialist Party ("Social Democratic Party of Japan") →	successor
Japan Socialist Youth League →	affiliatedWith
Japan Socialist Women’s League →	affiliation
Tetsu Katayama →	coalitionGovernmentWith
Liberal Democratic Party →	mainOppositionRival
Japan Socialist Party ("Social Democratic Party of Japan") →	mergedInto
Japan Socialist Women’s League →	politicalAlignment