Constitutional Democratic Party (Japan)

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Constitutional Democratic Party
Rikken Minshutō
The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
Parteivorsitz (Daihyō) Yukio Edano
Deputy Chair daihyō-daikō :
Akira Nagatsuma
fuku-daihyō :
Takahiro Sasaki
Renhō Murata
Secretary General Tetsuro Fukuyama
PARC Chair Seiji Osaka
Parliamentary affairs Jun Azumi
Group chairmanship in the Sangiin Hiroyuki Nagahama
founding 3rd October 2017
Headquarters 2-12-14 Hirakawachō , Chiyoda , Tokyo Prefecture
Colours)
  • blue
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    MPs in the Shūgiin
    57/465

    (March 2020)
    MPs in the Sangiin
    33/245

    (March 2020)
    Government grants 3.23 billion yen (2019)
    Minimum age 18 years
    Website cdp-japan.jp

    The Constitutional Democratic Party ( KDP for short ; Japanese 立憲 民主党 Rikken Minshutō ; eng. The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan , CDP for short ) is a political party in Japan . It was created in October 2017, a few weeks before the early election to the House of Commons, from the union of several members of the Democratic Progressive Party (Minshintō), the strongest opposition party to date, after it had withdrawn from the election campaign. In contrast to the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, the KDP supports the nuclear phase-out , is critical of an amendment to Article 9 of the Japanese constitution and refers to constitutionalism . It sees itself as left-liberal , moderately conservative and grassroots democracy .

    history

    Headquarters of the KDP in Chiyoda

    On September 25, 2017, Prime Minister Shinzō Abe announced the dissolution of the House of Commons for September 28; as a result, early elections were scheduled for October 22nd . The Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike founded the Kibō no Tō on the day the dissolution of the House of Commons was announced , whereupon the Minshintō announced after consultation with Koike that they did not want to put up their own candidates for the election. It also assured its members that they would support them in the event of a candidacy for the Kibō no Tō. She had already lost a number of MPs to them. After Koike had pointed out several times that they would not accept all supporters of the Minshinto and examine every candidate for its political position, several left-wing Minshinto members announced that they did not want to run for the Koikes party. These included, for example, the former Prime Minister Naoto Kan and the deputy chairman of the Minshinto, Yukio Edano .

    Edano therefore announced the founding of the Constitutional Democratic Party at a press conference on October 2, 2017. This officially took place one day later with initially only six members. The chosen party name "Rikken Minshutō" had already been discussed at the merger of the Democratic Party and Ishin no Tō for the party now known as "Minshintō". In the general election, the KDP ran with 78 candidates and cooperated with the Communist Party (short KPJ ) and Social Democratic Party (short SDP ), which is why the KPJ and SDP ran against the KDP in less than 20 constituencies. It was able to more than triple its number of MPs in the election and moved into the lower house as the second largest party with 55 seats. In May 2018, the Minshintō partially merged with the Kibō no Tō to form the " Democratic People's Party " (DVP), with some Minshintō members such as Toshio Ogawa joining the KDP, which enabled it to maintain its status as the largest opposition party in the National Assembly . The Minshintō chairman Kōhei Ōtsuka had previously also asked the KDP to join the new party, but Edano declined due to content and strategic disagreements. In January 2019, the KDP agreed with the Social Democratic Party set up a joint group in the upper house after the DVP to the Liberal Party of Ichiro Ozawa had formed a community group. In August 2019, the KDP and the DVP reached an agreement on the formation of joint parliamentary groups in both chambers of the National Assembly. The joint lower house faction should initially be called Rikken Minshutō / Kokumin Forum ( 立憲 民主党 ・ 国民 フ ォ ー ラ ム ), the upper house faction Rikken Minshutō / Kokumin / Kibō no Kai ( 立憲 民主党 ・ 国民 ・ 希望 の 会 ). After negotiations, it was finally agreed on September 19, 2019 to include the Shakaihoshō o tatenaosu kokumin kaigi faction in the lower house and the SDP in the upper house. The names of the common factions are now Rikken Minshu / Kokumin / Shaho / Mushozoku Forum ( 立憲 民主 ・ 国民 ・ 社保 ・ 無 所属 フ ォ ー ラ ム ; House of Commons) and Rikken / Kokumin. Shinryokufūkai / Shamin ( 立憲 ・ 国民. 新 緑 風 会 ・ 社 民 ; House of Lords).

    In December 2019 Edano proposed to the DVP and SDP that the parties be incorporated into the KDP. After the relevant negotiations with the DVP were interrupted without result in January 2020 due to the start of the regular session of Parliament, the SDP also decided to postpone the decision on a possible merger with the KDP. In the negotiations, the KDP demanded that the current party name and almost the entire board be retained, which was particularly rejected by the DVP.

    Management structure

    Party executive

    In addition to the party chairman and his deputies, important positions on the party executive committee are the general secretary, the chairman of the Political Research Council ( PARC for short ) and the chairman of the Committee for Parliamentary Affairs ( 国会 対 策 委員会 Kokkai Taisaku Iinkai , 国 対 Kokutai for short ). The next (and first) election of the party leader should take place in September 2020.

    Current composition (as of September 2019):

    function Surname image
    Chair Yukio Edano Yukio Edano
    Deputy Chair ( daihyō-daikō ) Akira Nagatsuma Akira Nagatsuma
    Deputy Chair ( fuku-daihyō ) Takahiro Sasaki Takahiro Sasaki
    Renhō Murata Renhō Murata
    Secretary General Tetsuro Fukuyama Tetsuro Fukuyama
    Deputy Secretary General ( kanjichō-daikō ) Kiyomi Tsujimoto Kiyomi Tsujimoto
    Deputy General Secretary ( kanjichō-dairi ) Michihiro Ishibashi
    Deputy General Secretary ( hittō-fuku-kanjichō ) Yōichirō Aoyagi
    Deputy Secretary General ( fuku-kanjichō ) Yoshifu Arita Yoshifu Arita
    Takashi Takai
    Yuka Miyazawa
    Yūichi Mayama
    PARC chair Seiji Osaka Seiji Osaka
    Deputy PARC Chair ( seimuchōsakaichō-dairi ) Kōichi Yamauchi
    Deputy PARC Chair ( seimuchōsakaichō-hittō-fukukaichō ) Hiranao Honda Hiranao Honda
    Deputy PARC Chair ( seimuchōsakai-fukukaichō ) Shinkun Haku Shinkun Haku
    Shiori Yamao Shiori Yamao
    Masako Ōkawara
    Makoto Yamazaki
    Tsunehiko Yoshida
    Go Shinohara
    Yuka Miyazawa
    Kokutai Chair Jun Azumi Jun Azumi
    Kokutai Deputy Chair ( kokkaitaisakuiinchō-dairi ) Norio Takeuchi
    Kokutai Deputy Chair ( kokkaitaisakuiinkai-hittō-fukuiinchō ) Yoshio Tezuka Yoshio Tezuka
    Kokutai Deputy Chair ( kokkaitaisakuiinkai-fukuiinchō ) Ikuo Yamahana Ikuo Yamahana
    Masayoshi Yagami
    Fumiyoshi Murakami
    Hiroyuki Moriyama
    Takayuki Ochiai Takayuki Ochiai
    Kokutai Chairmanship in Sangiin Hirokazu Shiba Hirokazu Shiba
    Chair of the Election Strategy Commission Akira Nagatsuma Akira Nagatsuma
    Deputy Chair of the Election Strategy Commission ( Senkyotaisakuiinchō-dairi ) Yukihiko Akutsu Yukihiko Akutsu
    Takashi Esaki
    Deputy Chair of the Election Strategy Commission ( Senkyotaisakuiinkai-fukuiinchō ) Hiroyuki Moriyama
    Chair of the permanent board of directors Hiroshi Kawauchi Hiroshi Kawauchi
    Chair of the general assembly of members of both chambers Satoshi Arai Satoshi Arai

    In addition, as was the case with the Democratic Party , there are the “highest advisors” ( saikō-komon ). At the moment these are Naoto Kan and Banri Kaieda ; Masaharu Nakagawa acts as a "regular advisor" ( jōnin-komon ).

    Factionalism

    Unlike the Liberal Democratic Party there are currently no fixed internal party at the KDP factions . However, several former Minshinto members across party lines continue to belong to their original factions, especially since members of the same factions had often joined the KDP or Kibo no Tō for political reasons after the partial split of the Minshinto.

    Factions with KDP members (the numbers of MPs only refer to the KDP):

    Official name Chair Shūgiin
    MPs     		Sangiin-
    seconded
    Kuni no Katachi Kenkyūkai 国 の か た ち 研究 会 Naoto Kan 12 4th
    Sanctuary サ ン ク チ ュ ア リ Hirotaka Akamatsu 13 11

    Election results

    National

    year Lower House election results Upper house election results House of Lords Composition
    Candidates Majority vote Proportional representation
    Total mandates    		 Candidates Majority vote Proportional representation
    Total mandates
    Share of votes Mandates Share of votes Mandates Share of votes Mandates Share of votes Mandates
    When a party is founded 6/475 1/242
    2017 78 8.5% 18th 19.9% 37 55/465
    2019 42 15.8% 9/74 15.8% 8/50 17/124 32/245
    1. ↑ Includes the successful independent Seiji akasaka ( Hokkaidō 8), who was subsequently nominated by the KDP.

    Web links

    Individual evidence

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