The Liberal Democratic Party: Structure and Factions

  • Albrecht Rothacher

Abstract

In 1898 the first party-based cabinet was established. Since then conservative parties have ruled Japan almost uninterruptedly, the longest break being the quasi-military dictatorship of 1940–5.

Keywords

Prime Minister Secretary General Liberal Democratic Party Faction Chief Opposition Parti 
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Notes

  1. 1.
    Norman Macrae, ‘Must Japan Slow?’, Economist, 23 Feb. 1980.Google Scholar
  2. 3.
    Haruhiro Fukui, Party in Power (Berkeley, Cal.: University of California Press, 1970) p. 74.Google Scholar
  3. 6.
    Süddeutsche Zeitung 17 Dec. 1983; Der Spiegel 26 Dec. 1983.Google Scholar

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© Albrecht Rothacher 1993

Authors and Affiliations

  • Albrecht Rothacher
    • 1
  1. 1.TokyoJapan

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