Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan

Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
立憲民主党 or 立民党
Rikken-minshutō or Ritsumintō
Leader Yukio Edano
Secretary-General Tetsuro Fukuyama
Deputy Leader Akira Nagatsuma
Founded 2 October 2017 (2017-10-02)
Split from Democratic Party (2016)
Headquarters 2-12-4 Fuji Building 3F, Hirakawa-chō, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0093, Japan
Ideology Liberalism[1]
Social liberalism[2]
Constitutionalism[3]
Environmentalism
Political position Centre-left[4]
Colors      Blue
Councillors
23 / 242
Representatives
57 / 465
Local (Prefectural and Local) assembly members
271 / 32,715
Website
http://cdp-japan.jp/

The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (立憲民主党, Rikken-minshutō), frequently abbreviated to CDP, Rikkentō (立憲党), Ritsumintō (立民党) or Minshutō (民主党),[5] is a centre-left political party in Japan. The party is led by Yukio Edano.

History

CDP headquarters in Hirakawa-chō, Tokyo.

The party was formed from a centre-left split from the opposition Democratic Party (DP) in the run up to the 2017 general election.[4][6] Prior to the election on 28 September 2017, the DP House of Representatives caucus dissolved in order for party members to stand as candidates for Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike's Party of Hope or as independents in the upcoming election.[7] The new party was launched on 2 October by DP deputy leader Yukio Edano at a press conference in Tokyo for liberals and left-leaning members of the DP who do not wish to, or were rejected for, contesting the election as candidates for the Party of Hope.[8][9]

On 3 October 2017 it was announced that the new party would not contest seats where former Democrats were running as Party of Hope candidates,[10] a gesture which was not returned when the Party of Hope ran a candidate in Edano's incumbent district. The Japanese Communist Party, in turn, pulled their own candidate from running in Edano's district so as to not take away votes from him.[11] The party won a total of 55 seats, becoming the leading opposition party and leading the pacifist bloc (including the JCP and Social Democratic Party) to become the largest opposition bloc.

Ideology

The party opposes the proposed revision of Article 9 of Japan's postwar constitution.[12][13] The party supports the phasing out of nuclear energy in Japan,[14] and government investment in renewable energy,[15] and supports the freeze in the rise of consumption tax.[16][17] The party does not support the legalization and maintenance of casinos.[18] The party also supports "building a society that supports each other and makes full use of individuality and creativity." [19][20]

Leadership

Leader Yukio Edano
Deputy leader
Policy Affairs Research Council chief		 Akira Nagatsuma
Vice leader
Election Campaign Committee chief		 Shōichi Kondō
Vice leader
General Affairs Committee chief		 Takahiro Sasaki
Vice leader
Councillors caucus chief secretary		 Renhō
Secretary-General
Councillors caucus leader		 Tetsurō Fukuyama
Deputy Secretary-General Yukihiko Akutsu
Policy Affairs Research Council deputy chief Seiji Ōsaka
Chinami Nishimura
Policy Affairs Research Council first vice chief Yōichirō Aoyagi
Diet Affairs Committee chief Kiyomi Tsujimoto
Diet Affairs Committee deputy chief Kōichi Yamauchi
Diet Affairs Committee first vice chief Yoshio Tezuka
Councillors Affairs Committee chief Masayoshi Nataniya
Board of Governors chief Hiroshi Kawauchi
Joint House General Council chief Satoshi Arai
Parliamentary Association chief Katsuhiko Yokomitsu

Presidents

No. Name Term of office
Took Office Left Office
Split from: Democratic Party (2016) (center-left)
1 Yukio Edano 2 October 2017 Incumbent

Election results

General election results

Election Leader # of candidates # of seats won # of Constituency votes % of Constituency vote # of PR Block votes % of PR Block vote Government/opposition
2017 Yukio Edano 78
55 / 465
 4,852,097 8.75% 11,084,890 19.88% Opposition

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Edano's new liberal party to field more than 50 candidates in Lower House election". The Japan Times. 4 October 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  2. ↑ "立憲民主党 政策パンフレット" (PDF). 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 October 2017.
  3. ↑ "Edano to form Constitutional Democratic Party". NHK World. NHK. 2 October 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  4. 1 2 "New centre-left party launched in Japan ahead of vote". Channel News Asia. 2 October 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  5. ↑ 民主党 (Minshutō) was the original name of the Democratic Party. The CDP has reused that for their official abbreviated name. https://twitter.com/CDP2017/status/914780938814525441
  6. ↑ "2017 Lower House Election / Edano announces launch of new party of liberals". The Yomiuri Shimbun.
  7. ↑ Yoshida, Reiji (28 September 2017). "Democratic Party effectively disbands, throwing support behind Koike's party for Lower House poll" – via Japan Times Online.
  8. ↑ "Major opposition's liberal wing to form new group". Kyodo News. 2 October 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  9. ↑ "VOTE 2017: Edano plans to form new party as liberal force in election：The Asahi Shimbun".
  10. ↑ "Koike's party unveils 1st list of 192 candidates for upcoming election". Japan Today. 4 October 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  11. ↑ "Yukio Edano: Japan's opposition leader to watch". Nikkei Asian Review. October 22, 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  12. ↑ Yoshida, Reiji (16 October 2017). "Edano taking center stage as CDP gains momentum" – via Japan Times Online.
  13. ↑ Sieg, Linda (17 October 2017). "Underdog centre-left party may outperform expectations in Japan snap poll". Reuters.
  14. ↑ "2017 Lower House Election / Parties debate whether, when to bring N-plants back online". The Yomiuri Shimbun. 17 October 2017. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  15. ↑ "It's not enough for political parties to merely tout economic catchwords". The Yomiuri Shimbun. 18 October 2017.
  16. ↑ "Edano's new party may outperform expectations in Sunday's election". Japan Today. 18 October 2017. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  17. ↑ "2017 Lower House Election / Voters not impressed". The Economist. 19 October 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  18. ↑ 立憲民主党　基本政策, 2017-12-28
  19. ↑ 毎日新聞 (2017-10-07), 【ノーカット】党首討論会@日本記者クラブ, retrieved 2017-12-06
  20. ↑ "CDF Pamphlet" (PDF). https://cdp-japan.jp. External link in |journal= (help)
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