Democratic Party of Japan

Minshutō
Minshutō
President	Katsuya Okada
Councilors leader	Akira Gunji
Representatives leader	Katsuya Okada
Merger of	Democratic Party (1996); Good Governance Party; New Fraternity Party; Democratic Reform Party;
Preceded by	New Frontier Party
Merged into	Democratic Party (2016)
Headquarters	1-11-1 Nagata-cho, Chiyoda, Tokyo 100-0014, Japan
Ideology	Centrism; Social liberalism
Political position	Centre to centre-left
International affiliation	Alliance of Democrats (2005–2012)
Colors	Red and black (informally)
Website
	www.dpj.or.jp

The Democratic Party of Japan (民主党code: ja is deprecated , Minshutō) was a centre to centre-left political party in Japan. It was founded in April 1998. It used to be the second largest political party in Japan after Jiminto. It was led by Katsuya Okada. The party dissolved in March 2016.

Democratic Party Of Japan Media

Headquarters of the Democratic Party of Japan
DPJ winning the 2009 general election
Prime minister of Japan Kan Naoto
Yukio Hatoyama was inaugurated as Prime Minister on September 16, 2009.
Prime minister of Japan Kan Naoto
Kapolei, Hawaii - Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada listens to questions from reporters after meeting with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton where they discussed the movement of Marine Corps Futenma Air Base, the expansion of the Japan - U.S. security alliance, the war in Afghanistan and the nuclear programs in North Korea at the J. W. Marriott Ko Olina, Kapolei, Hawaii on Jan 12.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton hosts a bilateral meeting with Japanese Foreign Seiji Maehara in the Deputy Secretary’s Conference Room at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 6, 2010. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]
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Yukio Hatoyama was inaugurated as Prime Minister on September 16, 2009.
Prime minister of Japan Kan Naoto

References

↑ Takashi Inoguchi. The Edinburgh Companion to the History of Democracy (2012)Edinburgh University Press. p. 308. ISBN 978-0-7486-4075-1.
↑ Miranda Schreurs. Comparative Politics: Interests, Identities, and Institutions in a Changing Global Order (2014)Cambridge University Press. p. 192. ISBN 978-1-139-99138-4.

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[Inoguchi2012-1] Takashi Inoguchi. The Edinburgh Companion to the History of Democracy (2012)Edinburgh University Press. p. 308. ISBN 978-0-7486-4075-1.

[Schreurs2014-2] Miranda Schreurs. Comparative Politics: Interests, Identities, and Institutions in a Changing Global Order (2014)Cambridge University Press. p. 192. ISBN 978-1-139-99138-4.

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