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

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...

The chief representative of Komeito (Japanese: 公明党代表, Hepburn: Kōmeitō Daihyō) is the highest position within Komeito. The current chief representative...

would happen if Kōmeitō ever gained power have come to pass. First, Kōmeitō in power has not proven a threat to democracy. ... Second, Kōmeitō in power has...

successor of former Kōmeitō Representatives, reestablished Kōmeitō (1998–1998) Dawn Club (Reimei Club, 1998), NFP successor of former Kōmeitō Councillors, merged...

(Reimei Club) of former Kōmeitō members, these merged later in 1998 with the still existing Kōmei to re-establish the ("New") Kōmeitō, the Liberal Party of...

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

with the slush fund scandal, the governing LDP and its coalition partner Komeito lost their parliamentary majority in the lower house for the first time...

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

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....

Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as a member of the New Komeito Party. A native of Wakayama, Wakayama and graduate of Doshisha University...

led by the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) and also including the New Kōmeitō, the Social Democratic Party and Japanese Communist Party, and thus helped...

the formation of a minority government led by Liberal Democratic Party-Komeito coalition under Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. An election may occur before...

Hokkaidō Yūshikai of New Party Daichi and independents with twelve seats, Kōmeitō with eight, and the Japanese Communist Party with four members. General...

election resulted in the loss of majority of the Liberal Democratic Party-Komeito governing coalition in the House of Representatives under Prime Minister...

JCP, DSP), 3 terms, 1963–1971 (died in office), Yasushi Ōshima (I–L, Kōmeitō, DSP, additionally Socialist support in his third and fourth elections)...

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...

qualified to submit lists in each of the block districts. These were New Kōmeitō, the Democratic Party of Japan, the Japan Communist Party, the Liberal...

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...

extra seats and the Kōmeitō 1 extra seat. The LDP elected Koichi Tani (Hyōgo 5th) and Takashi Tanihata (Osaka 14th) while the Kōmeitō elected Masao Akamatsu...

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...

on the English pages of the House of Representatives website,   LDP   Kōmeitō   CDP   DPFP   JCP   Nippon Ishin   Group of Independents   SDP   Independents...

Transport, Tourism Tetsuo Saito, who has become the Chief Representative of Komeito, Minister of Justice Hideki Makihara who lost his seat in the last general...

government was a coalition between the Liberal Democratic Party and the Komeito who controlled both the upper and lower houses of the National Diet. After...

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...

and Komeito, and the largest opposition Democratic Party of Japan. Greenery Day was moved from April 29 to May 4. Tetsuzo Fuyushiba from Komeito stated...

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...

survey and also co-authoring a groundbreaking book on Sōka Gakkai and Kōmeitō, Kōmeitō: Politics and Religion in Japan, which Helen Hardacre notes fills a...

LDP - Liberal Democratic Party DPJ - Democratic Party of Japan Kōmeitō - New Kōmeitō Party JCP - Japan Communist Party SDP - Social Democratic Party...

(List) Shigeru Ishiba (LDP) Cabinet (List) Second Ishiba Cabinet (LDP–Komeito coalition) Ministries Administrative Agencies Legislature National Diet...