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Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyūkai
Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyūkai (, Seiwa Political Research Council), often shortened to Seiwa Kai, was a major Factions in the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), faction within Japan's Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). It was led by Shinzo Abe from 2021 until his Assassination of Shinzo Abe, assassination in 2022, and hence has been nicknamed the Abe faction. Since Abe's death, it had collective leadership. The faction announced its dissolution in January 2024. Seiwakai was the largest faction within the LDP from 2005 until its dissolution. History The faction was established in 1979 by former prime minister Takeo Fukuda. The faction has its origins on a group formed by Fukuda to oppose prime minister Hayato Ikeda's economic policies. The faction was led by Shinzo Abe from 2021 until his Assassination of Shinzo Abe, assassination in 2022. Since Abe's death, it has had collective leadership. On 17 August 2023, the faction has agreed to introduce a coll ...
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Japanese Nationalism
Japanese nationalism is a form of nationalism that asserts the belief that the Japanese people, Japanese are a monolithic nation with a single immutable culture. Over the last two centuries, it has encompassed a broad range of ideas and sentiments. It is useful to distinguish Japanese cultural nationalism from political or state nationalism, since many forms of cultural nationalism, such as those which are associated with Japanese folklore, folkloric studies, have been hostile to state-fostered nationalism. In Meiji era, Meiji Japan, nationalist ideology consisted of a blend of native and imported political philosophies, initially developed by the Meiji government to promote national unity and patriotism, first in defense against colonization by Western powers, and later in a struggle to attain equality with the Great power, Great Powers. It evolved throughout the Taishō period, Taishō and Shōwa periods, and was used to justify increasingly extreme ideology, such as fascism, ...
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Shintarō Abe In 1956 (cropped)
Shintarō is any of several Japanese male given names. They consist of a prefix followed by "tarō", which alone is a name common among first sons. Prefixes carry additional meaning, such as "new"; many of these can stand alone as a given name. Written forms Forms in kanji can include: 新太郎, 慎太郎, 信太郎, 真太郎, 晋太郎. Notable people *, Japanese politician *, Japanese linguist *, Japanese scriptwriter, director, actor, voice actor *, Hokkaidō Nippon Ham Fighters baseball player *, Japanese baseball player for the Oakland Athletics *, Japanese stage magician *, Japanese admiral *, Japanese malacologist *, baseball player for Yokohama Taiyō Whales and other teams *, Japanese badminton player *, Tokyo governor *, Japanese politician *, TBS announcer *, Japanese actor *, Japanese sprinter *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese samurai *, Japanese shogi player *, Japanese musician *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese politician *, Japanese entrepreneur *, Japanese ...
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Takeo Fukuda 19761224
Takeo may refer to: * Takéo Province, a province of Cambodia **Doun Kaev (town), formerly known as Takéo, the capital of Takéo province *Ta Keo, an Angkorian temple in Cambodia *Takeo, Saga, a city in Saga Prefecture, Japan *Takeo (given name), a masculine Japanese given name **Takeo Doi, a Japanese aircraft designer **Takeo Fukuda, a Japanese politician **Takeo Hatanaka, a Japanese radio astronomer **Takeo Kurusu, a Japanese politician **Takeo Miki, a Japanese politician **Takeo Spikes, a former American football player **Takeo Takahashi, a Japanese former football player **Takeo Takahashi is a Japanese animator, animation director, and storyboard artist. Filmography Director Television series OVAs Films Other Television series OVAs/ONAs Films Adult Anime Notes References External links *Takeo Takahashi animeat ..., a Japanese animator ** Takeo Yoshikawa, a Japanese spy {{disambiguation ...
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Constitutional Reform In Japan
Constitutional reform in Japan, colloquially known as , is an ongoing political effort to reform the Constitution of Japan. The effort recently gained traction in the 2010s as the Japanese government under then-Prime Minister of Japan, prime minister Shinzo Abe attempted to revise Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution, Article 9 of the Constitution, which prohibits Japan from waging war as means to settle international disputes, as well as prohibiting Japan from having an armed forces with war potential. Although Abe's attempt was unsuccessful due to his leaving office in 2020 and his subsequent Assassination of Shinzo Abe, assassination, succeeding prime minister Fumio Kishida said that he was "determined" to work on constitutional reform, citing the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, recent Political status of Taiwan, tensions in Taiwan, and North Korea and weapons of mass destruction, North Korea's development of weapons of mass destruction as his basis. Overview Article ...
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National-conservative
National conservatism is a nationalism, nationalist variant of conservatism that concentrates on upholding National identity, national and cultural identity, communitarianism and the public role of religion. It shares aspects of traditionalist conservatism and social conservatism, while departing from economic liberalism and libertarianism, as well as taking a more pragmatic approach to regulatory economics and protectionism. It opposes the basic precepts of The Englightenment, enlightenment Classical liberalism, liberalism such as individualism and the universality of human rights, and in America and Europe is majoritarian populist. National conservatives usually combine conservatism with nationalist stances, emphasizing cultural conservatism, family values and opposition to illegal immigration or opposition to immigration per se. National conservative parties often have roots in environments with a rural, traditionalist or peripheral basis, contrasting with the more urban suppor ...
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Kyodo News
is a nonprofit cooperative news agency based in Minato, Tokyo. It was established in November 1945 and it distributes news to almost all newspapers, and radio and television networks in Japan. The newspapers using its news have about 50 million subscribers. K. K. Kyodo News is Kyodo News' business arm, established in 1972.Shrivastava, K. M. (2007). ''News agencies from pigeon to internet.'' Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. p. 208. . The subdivision Kyodo News International, founded in 1982, provides over 200 reports to international news media and is located in Rockefeller Center, New York City. Their online news site is in Japanese language, Japanese, Chinese language, Chinese (Simplified Chinese, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Traditional), Korean language, Korean, and English language, English. The agency employs over 1,000 journalists and photographers, and maintains news exchange agreements with over 70 international media outlets. Satoshi Ishikawa is the news agency's ...
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Kōchikai
was a leading faction within Japan's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), founded by bureaucrat-turned-politician Hayato Ikeda in 1957. The faction has produced five prime ministers (Ikeda, Masayoshi Ōhira, Zenkō Suzuki, Kiichi Miyazawa, and Fumio Kishida), two LDP presidents ( Yōhei Kōno and Sadakazu Tanigaki), and a large number of cabinet officeholders. The faction was officially dissolved on January 23, 2024 after Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pledged to dissolve the faction in the aftermath of a political funds scandal. History Kōchikai was founded in 1957 by Hayato Ikeda as he prepared to contest against his rivals for Liberal Democratic Party leadership and the premiership itself. Originally, it was modeled on a think tank, and was initially called the "Kōchikai Policy Study Group" (宏池会政策研究会). The name ''Kōchikai'' ("Broad Pond Society") was given to the group by right-wing power broker Masahiro Yasuoka, and was taken from a line from the Eastern Ha ...
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BBC News
BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world. The department is the world's largest broadcast news organisation and generates about 120 hours of radio and television output each day, as well as online news coverage. The service has over 5,500 journalists working across its output including in 50 foreign news bureaus where more than 250 foreign correspondents are stationed. Deborah Turness has been the CEO of news and current affairs since September 2022. In 2019, it was reported in an Ofcom report that the BBC spent £136m on news during the period April 2018 to March 2019. BBC News' domestic, global and online news divisions are housed within the largest live newsroom in Europe, in Broadcasting House in central London. Parliamentary coverage is produced and broadcast from studios in London. Through BBC English Regions, th ...
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National Police Agency (Japan)
The is the central coordinating law enforcement agency of the Law enforcement in Japan, Japanese police system. Unlike National Police (other), national police in other countries, the NPA does not have any operational units of its own aside from the Imperial Guard (Japan)#Imperial Guard of the National Police Agency, Imperial Guard; rather, it is responsible for supervising Japan's 47 prefectural police departments and determining their general standards and policies, though it can command police agencies under it in national emergencies or large-scale disasters. It is under the National Public Safety Commission (Japan), National Public Safety Commission of the Cabinet Office (Japan), Cabinet Office. As of 2017, the NPA has a strength of approximately 7,800 personnel: 2,100 police officer, sworn officers, 900 guards, and 4,800 civilian staff. History Police services of the Empire of Japan were placed under complete centralized control with the of the Home Ministry (Ja ...
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Fumio Kishida
Fumio Kishida (born 29 July 1957) is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Liberal Democratic Party ( LDP) from 2021 to 2024. He has been a member of the House of Representatives in the National Diet since 1993. Kishida previously served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2012 to 2017 and as acting Minister of Defense in 2017. From 2017 to 2020, he also chaired the LDP Policy Research Council. Born into a political family, Kishida spent part of his childhood in the United States, where he attended elementary school in New York City. After beginning his career in finance, Kishida entered politics and was elected to the House of Representatives at the 1993 general election as a member of the LDP. Kishida was appointed to Minister of State for Special Missions in the premiership of Shinzo Abe and Yasuo Fukuda from 2007 to 2008, and was appointed Minister for Foreign Affairs in 2012 after Abe regained the premiership following the 2 ...
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