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Liberal-Democratic Party of Japan

political party, Japan
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Also known as: Jiyū-Minshutō, LDP, Liberal Democratic Party
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Category: History & Society
Also spelled:
Liberal Democratic Party
Japanese:
Jiyū Minshutō
Date:
1955 - present
Areas Of Involvement:
foreign policy
right
Related People:
Fumio Kishida
Suga Yoshihide
Shinzo Abe
Ozawa Ichirō
Ishihara Shintarō
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Liberal-Democratic Party of Japan (LDP), Japan’s largest political party, which has held power almost continuously since its formation in 1955. The party has generally worked closely with business interests and followed a pro-U.S. foreign policy. During nearly four decades of uninterrupted power (1955–93), the LDP oversaw Japan’s remarkable recovery from World War II and its development into an economic superpower. The party largely retained control of the government from the mid-1990s, the main exception being the period 2009–12, when the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) was in power. Although the LDP was formally created in 1955, its antecedents can be ...(100 of 2232 words)

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