''Komei Shimbun'' (公明新聞; ''Clean Government Newspaper'') is a

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daily newspaper which is the official organ of

Komeito , formerly New Komeito and abbreviated NKP, is a conservative political party in Japan founded by lay members of the Buddhist Japanese new religious movement Soka Gakkai in 1964. Since 2012, it has served in government as the junior coalitio ...

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political party in Japan. The paper has been in circulation since 1962.

History and profile

''Komei Shimbun'' was started by the Komeito party, and the first issue appeared on 2 April 1962. The same year party also launched a monthly political magazine, ''Komei'' (Japanese: ''Clean Government''). The income of the party was partly generated through the sale of these publications in the late 1960s. The headquarters of ''Komei Shimbun'' is in

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