Democratic Party may refer to:
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Democratic Party (Japan, 1947)
The , officially () was a conservative political party in Japan.
History
The party was founded in the spring of 1947 by merging the Progressive Party (Shinpo-tō) of Inukai Takeru with a faction of the Liberal Party led by Hitoshi Ashida and ...
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Democratic Party (Japan, 1996)
The was a centrist political party in Japan, and one of the forerunners to the Democratic Party of Japan formed in 1998. Its two leading members, Yukio Hatoyama and Naoto Kan, subsequently and sequentially became Prime Ministers at the end of the ...
, commonly abbreviated as DPJ
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Democratic Party of Japan
The was a Centrism, centristThe Democratic Party of Japan was widely described as centrist:
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(1998–2016), commonly abbreviated as DPJ
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Democratic Party (Japan, 2016)
The was a political party in Japan. It was the largest opposition political party in Japan from 2016 until its marginalization in the House of Representatives in 2017. , commonly abbreviated as DP
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Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
The is a Liberalism, liberal List of political parties in Japan, political party in Japan. It is the primary centre-left politics, centre-left party in Japan, and as of 2024 is the second largest party in the National Diet behind the ruling L ...
(2017–2020; 2020–present), commonly abbreviated as CDP or CDPJ
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Democratic Party for the People (2018–2020; 2020–present), commonly abbreviated as DPFP or DPP
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Japan Democratic Party
The was a conservative political party in Japan. Existing from 1954 to 1955, the party was founded by Ichirō Hatoyama, former foreign minister Mamoru Shigemitsu and future Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi. The party was formed on 24 November 1954 ...
, commonly abbreviated as JDP
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