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Japan's democratic history

By alicewong98

  • Democracy birth in Japan

    Japan has made a democratic constitution and casted aside it's emperor which stays a simple figurehead

  • A socialist became a prime minister

    Democratics aides Katayama Tetsu to become prime minister .
  • Period: to

    Then-Now

  • Party Merger

    the Liberal and the Democratic party merge into the LDP, that wins 63% of the vote

  • The beginning of DPJ

    It was a merger of four previously independent parties that were opposed to the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)—the previous Democratic Party of Japan, the Good Governance Party (民政党, Minseitō), the New Fraternity Party (新党友愛, Shintō-Yuuai), and the Democratic Reform Party (民主改革連合, Minshu-Kaikaku-Rengō). These were all new parties that were either liberal or social-democratic. The merger was meant for preparation for the upcoming election in 9 november 2003

  • Wins majority

    The Democratic Party of Japan wins a majority in the lower house of parliament

  • Rising power

    the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) ascended to governance

  • Replacement

    prime minister Naoto Kan resigns after being widely criticized for his response to the earthquake and nuclear disaster, and is succeeded by finance minister Yoshihiko Noda of the Democratic Party