Non-LDP And Non-JCP Coalition
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Non-LDP and non-JCP Coalition (非自民・非共産連立政権) are terms used in Japanese politics and mean building an alliance between moderate parties excluding conservative Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and left-wing
Japanese Communist Party The is a left-wing to far-left political party in Japan. With approximately 270,000 members belonging to 18,000 branches, it is one of the largest non-governing communist parties in the world. The party advocates the establishment of a democr ...
(JCP). It is mainly used only when major political parties in Japan, except for LDP and JCP, form a
big tent A big tent party, or catch-all party, is a term used in reference to a political party's policy of permitting or encouraging a broad spectrum of views among its members. This is in contrast to other kinds of parties, which defend a determined i ...
coalition.
Hosokawa Cabinet The Hosokawa Cabinet governed Japan from August 9, 1993, to April 28, 1994, under the leadership of Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa. In Japan, the Hosokawa Cabinet is generally referred to as a representative example of non-LDP and non-JCP Coali ...
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Hata Cabinet The Hata Cabinet governed Japan for two months from April 28 to June 30, 1994, under the leadership of Tsutomu Hata of the Japan Renewal Party. Political background Hata became Prime Minister following the resignation of Morihiro Hosokawa as hea ...
belong to the representative "Non-LDP and non-JCP Coalition". In general, JCP forms some power in the region, but there is no experience in power in the central politics itself. Therefore, the term "non-LDP and non-JCP Coalition" in Japan's central politics is close to meaning that it will exclude JCP from the liberal alliance to oppose the LDP's nationalist project, but will not compromise with the large conservative party, LDP. In fact, the LDP is considered the most conservative and the JCP is considered the most progressive in the Japanese political spectrum.


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Hosokawa Cabinet The Hosokawa Cabinet governed Japan from August 9, 1993, to April 28, 1994, under the leadership of Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa. In Japan, the Hosokawa Cabinet is generally referred to as a representative example of non-LDP and non-JCP Coali ...
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Hata Cabinet The Hata Cabinet governed Japan for two months from April 28 to June 30, 1994, under the leadership of Tsutomu Hata of the Japan Renewal Party. Political background Hata became Prime Minister following the resignation of Morihiro Hosokawa as hea ...
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Political moderate Moderate is an ideological category which designates a rejection of radical or extreme views, especially in regard to politics and religion. A moderate is considered someone occupying any mainstream position avoiding extreme views. In American p ...
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Liberalism in Japan Japanese liberalism formed in the nineteenth century as a reaction against traditional society. In the twentieth century 'liberal' gradually became a synonym for conservative, and today the main conservative party in the country is named Liber ...


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{{Reflist Coalition governments Political party alliances in Japan Political terminology in Japan Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) Japanese Communist Party