Democratic Party of Japan

Democratic Party of Japan 民主党 Minshutō
President	Katsuya Okada
Secretary-General	Yukio Edano
Councilors leader	Akira Gunji
Representatives leader	Katsuya Okada
Founder	Naoto Kan Yukio Hatoyama Tsutomu Hata
Founded	27 April 1998 (1998-04-27)
Dissolved	27 March 2016 (2016-03-27)
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[1][2]
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, 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.

1. ↑ Takashi Inoguchi (2012). "1945: Post-Second World War Japan". In Benjamin Isakhan; Stephen Stockwell (eds.). The Edinburgh Companion to the History of Democracy. Edinburgh University Press. p. 308. ISBN 978-0-7486-4075-1. The Democratic Party of Japan is a centre-left party, but it contains a sizeable union-based left wing and some members close to the extreme right.
2. ↑ Miranda Schreurs (2014). "Japan". In Jeffrey Kopstein; Mark Lichbach; Stephen E. Hanson (eds.). Comparative Politics: Interests, Identities, and Institutions in a Changing Global Order. Cambridge University Press. p. 192. ISBN 978-1-139-99138-4.