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| 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. | Japan is generally classified as a single-party democracy. Despite free and fair elections, a wide variety of parties, and iterative electoral reforms, the [[Japan/LiberalDemocraticParty|LDP]] has held power for all but 4 years since 1955. |
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| == Current Parties == | == Active Parties == |
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| * [[Japan/SocialistDemocraticParty|Socialist Democratic Party (SDP)]] | * [[Japan/SocialDemocraticParty|Social Democratic Party (SDP)]] * [[Japan/Komeito|Komeito]] |
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| * Japan Socialist Party (direct predecessor to the SDP) | * [[Japan/DemocraticPartyOfJapan|Democratic Party of Japan]] * [[Japan/JapanSocialistParty|Japan Socialist Party]] (direct predecessor to the SDP) |
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 Parties
Defunct Parties
Japan Socialist Party (direct predecessor to the SDP)