Gakkai. Kōmeitō was considered a centre to centre-left political party of the progressive camp until the 1990s. However, since the 1990s, Kōmeitō has become...

Komeito (公明党, Kōmeitō), formerly New Komeito (NKP) and commonly referred to as simply Komei, is a political party in Japan founded by members of the Buddhist...

scandals plagued the party, while the opposition (now joined with the Kōmeitō (1962–1998)) gained momentum. In 1976, in the wake of the Lockheed bribery scandals...

Kibō no Tō Party for Japanese Kokoro Kōmeitō (1962–1998) Democratic Socialist Party Dōshi Club Liberal Party (1998) Liberal Party (Japan, 1950) Democratic...

Dawn Club (Reimei Club, 1998), NFP successor of former Kōmeitō Councillors, merged with Kōmei and reestablished Kōmeitō (1998–1998) Conservative Party (Japan)...

lost 27 seats. The Democratic Socialist Party saw a 12-seat loss, while Kōmeitō saw a loss of three seats and the New Liberal Club, which had been in coalition...

ostracism and harassment that can result. Shimada, Hiroki: Kōmeitō vs. Sōkagakkai (公明党vs.創価学会: "The Kōmeitō and the Sōka Gakkai"). Asahi Shinsho, June 2007....

bringing the government within few seats of a majority; in October 1999 New Komeito also entered the coalition, ending the divided Diet. Table 13: Persons...

most seats. This was the first Japanese national election to feature the Kōmeitō as a candidate, as it had formed earlier in the same year. As is typical...

other two opposition parties, the DSP and Kōmeitō, suffered losses despite cooperation with each other. Kōmeitō was going through a series of scandals around...

representation. Government Liberal Democratic Party (conservative) New Komeito (theocratic Buddhist, conservative) Opposition Democratic Party...

Ryokufūkai. It won only two seats in the House of Councillors election on 1 July 1962, and was reduced to seven seats in the chamber. As a result of losing its...

election resulted in the loss of majority of the Libereal Democratic Party-Komeito governing coalition under Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. The election will...

with 177 seats in the lower house. Within the ruling coalition, only New Kōmeitō saw an increase, raising its membership from 31 to 34. Despite Prime Minister...

the coalition in 1998 and re-join the opposition after years of coalition with the ideologically contrasting LDP. Meanwhile, the Komeito Party, a centrist...

national political parties of the past decade (Liberal Democrats, Democrats, Kōmeitō, Communists) are represented in the Tokyo Assembly. The Social Democratic...

prey to the spoiler effect. The biggest winner among the opposition was Kōmeitō, which saw an increase in terms of both seats as well as the popular vote...

district where Seigo Kitamura (LDP) had died in May, Yōzō Kaneko (LDP – Kōmeitō), the son of former Nagasaki governor and senator Genjirō Kaneko, held...

dissolve within the LDP, because the LDP and its government partner, New Kōmeitō, feared losing their majority in the lower house, which chooses the Prime...

operations bill with centre-left/right-of-JSP opposition parties (DSP and Kōmeitō) against fierce opposition from JSP and JCP; the PKO law became the base...

Hansen Seinen linkai, although it has been prepared to collaborate with the Kōmeitō and even the extremely conservative Democratic Socialist Party ( DSP )...

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(2019–Present) Tamaki Sawa [ja] Actress New Frontier Komeito Member of the House of Councillors (1998-2003) Junya Takaki [ja] Actor Liberal Democratic Mayor...

candidates have nominated, including both incumbents Suematsu and Mizuoka. Komeito, the LDP's junior coalition partner, nominated a candidate for the first...

prime minister Shigeru Ishiba. The country has had a Liberal Democratic–Komeito coalition cabinet (minority government) since 2024. The prime minister...

supported the candidacy of former journalist Satoshi Mitazono who defeated LDP-Kōmeitō-supported three-term incumbent Yūichirō Itō. October 2016 Niigata gubernatorial...

nominated by National Diet and appointed by the Emperor. A Liberal Democratic–Komeito coalition minority government has held office since 2024. Judicial power...

within three months of the regular election fourth ranking Akira Matsu (Kōmeitō) was elected without vote (kuriage-tōsen). Source: "Japan News Review -...

among the traditional opposition were the moderate parties. In the case of Kōmeitō, the party recovered from scandals in the 1972 general elections by distancing...

to gain any seats. Meanwhile, the other three main opposition parties (Komeito, the JCP, and the DSP) lost 11, 10, and 12 seats respectively, and all...