Political Parties of Japan
Japan is generally classified as a single-party democracy. Despite free and fair elections, a wide variety of parties, and iterative electoral reforms, the LDP has held power for all but 4 years since 1955.
Active
Defunct
- New Conservative Party
- Democratic Socialist Party
- From Five Party
- Good Governance Party
- Japan New Party
Japan Socialist Party (direct predecessor to the SDP)
- Kibou no Tou
- Liberal Party (1945)
- Liberal Party (2016)
- Sun Party