New Socialist Party of Japan: Difference between revisions

{{Short description|Socialist party in Japan}}

{{About|the political party founded in 1996|other Japanese socialist parties|Japan Socialist Party (disambiguation)}}

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{{Infobox political party

| native_name = {{nobold|新社会党}}

| native_name_lang = ja

| abbreviation =

| logo = New Socialist Party of Japan (logo).png

| colorcode = {{party color|New Socialist Party of Japan}}

| leader1_title = Chairman

| leader1_name = Hiromi Okazaki

| leader2_title = Secretary-General

| leader2_name = Hirokuni Chonan

| foundation = {{start date|1996|1|1|df=y}}

| headquarters = 2-10 Sanshin Industry Building 3F, [[Jinbōchō, Tokyo|Jinbō-chō]],<br />[[Chiyoda-ku]], [[Tokyo]] 101-0051, Japan

| ideology = {{ubl|class = nowrap

| [[Socialism]]

| [[Environmentalism]]

}}

| split = [[Social Democratic Party (Japan)|Social Democratic Party]]

| position = [[Left-wing]] to [[far-left]]

| colors = {{color box|{{party color|New Socialist Party of Japan}}}} [[Green]]

| seats1_title = [[House of Councillors (Japan)|Councillors]]

| seats1 = {{Composition bar|0|248}}

| seats2_title = [[House of Representatives (Japan)|Representatives]]

| seats2 = {{Composition bar|0|465}}

| seats3_title = [[Prefectures of Japan|Prefectural assembly members]]

| seats3 = {{Composition bar|1|2598|hex={{party color|New Socialist Party of Japan}}}}

| seats4_title = [[Municipalities of Japan|Municipal assembly members]]

| seats4 = {{Composition bar|14|29425|hex={{party color|New Socialist Party of Japan}}}}

| website = {{URL|sinsyakai.or.jp}}

| country = Japan

}}

The {{Nihongo|'''New Socialist Party of Japan'''|新社会党|Shin Shakai-tō}} is a [[socialist]] [[political party in Japan]] founded on 3 March 1996 by a group of politicians who left the [[Social Democratic Party (Japan)|Social Democratic Party]].<ref>[https://digital.library.unt.edu/govdocs/crs/permalink/meta-crs-350:1 94045: Japan's Uncertain Political Transition<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Japanese electoral politics: creating a new party system |last=Reed |first=Steven R. |page=77 |year=2003 |publisher=[[Psychology Press]] |isbn=978-0-415-31140-3 }}</ref>

The party's ideology is similar to that of the [[Japanese Communist Party]], advocating [[socialism]] (including [[scientific socialism]] and [[Marxism]]), [[direct democracy]], [[non-interventionism]] and [[pacifism]].<ref name="21st_declaration">[https://www.sinsyakai.or.jp/board/data/f35_00.pdf New Socialist Party of Japan 21st Century Declaration (PDF)]</ref> The party hopes to start a "peaceful democratic revolution", and wants to enshrine pacifism and human rights in the [[Constitution of Japan]]. The party also opposes [[nuclear power]], saying it could be used for [[nuclear weaponry]] in the future.<ref>http://translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://www.sinsyakai.or.jp/&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dsinsyakai%26hl%3Den (Dead link)</ref>

== See also ==

* [[Leftist Socialist Party of Japan]]

== References ==

{{Reflist}}

==External links==

*{{in lang|ja}} [http://www.sinsyakai.or.jp/ New Socialist Party of Japan]

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[[Category:1996 establishments in Japan]]

[[Category:Direct democracy parties]]

[[Category:Left-wing parties in Japan]]

[[Category:Pacifism in Japan]]

[[Category:Pacifist parties]]

[[Category:Political parties established in 1996]]

[[Category:Socialist parties in Japan]]

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