Shisuikai ( ja, 志帥会) is a faction within the
Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).
It is led by former LDP secretary-general
Toshihiro Nikai
is a Japanese politician for the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and the leader of the LDP Shisuikai faction (informally called the Nikai faction), who served as the Secretary-General of the LDP from 2016 to 2021. He was previously the Minister ...
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It is considered to be a mid-sized faction.
Nikai is considered to be one of the most pro-China lawmakers in Japan, and is also close to LDP's ally, the
Komeito
, formerly New Komeito and abbreviated NKP, is a conservative political party in Japan founded by lay members of the Buddhist Japanese new religious movement Soka Gakkai in 1964. Since 2012, it has served in government as the junior coaliti ...
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References
Political party factions in Japan
1999 establishments in Japan
Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
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