Nippon Kaigi
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Nippon Kaigi (日本会議, lit. 'Japan Conference')[21] is Japan's largest ultraconservative[22] and ultranationalist far-right[23] non-governmental organization and lobbying group.[24] It was established in 1997 and has approximately 38,000 to 40,000 members as of 2020.[29]
Japan Conference 日本会議 | |
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Chairman | (vacant) |
General Secretary | Yuzo Kabashima |
Advisers | Koichiro Ishii Michihisa Kitashirakawa Naotake Takatsukasa |
Key people | Iwao Ando |
Founder | Koichi Tsukamoto |
Founded | 30 May 1997; 26 years ago (1997-05-30) |
Merger of | Nihon wo mamoru Kokumin Kaigi Nihon wo mamoru Kai |
Headquarters | Vort Aobadai II, Aobadai, Meguro, Tokyo |
Membership | c. 38,000 – 40,000 (2020 est.)[1] |
Ideology | |
Political position | Far-right[20] |
Affiliations | Nippon Kaigi National Lawmakers Friendship Association |
Colours | Black Carmine |
Website | |
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The group has significant influence in Japanese politics. In October 2014, 289 of the 480 Japanese National Diet members were part of the group. Many ministers and a few prime ministers, including current prime minister Fumio Kishida,[30] Tarō Asō, Shinzō Abe, and Yoshihide Suga, were members.[31]
The organization describes its aims as to "change the postwar national consciousness based on the Tokyo Tribunal's view of history as a fundamental problem" and to revise Japan's current Constitution,[32] especially Article 9 which forbids the maintenance of a standing army.[33] The group also aims to promote patriotic education, support official visits to Yasukuni Shrine, and promote a nationalist interpretation of State Shinto.[34][35][36][37] It also rejects that comfort women, sex workers recruited by Japan during World War II, were forced to work.
In the words of Hideaki Kase, an influential member of Nippon Kaigi, "We are dedicated to our conservative cause. We are monarchists. We are for revising the constitution. We are for the glory of the nation."[38]