The Decline and Fall of the LDP in Japan

What Happened?

Authors

  • Hrannar Baldvinsson Waseda University, Tokyo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22151/politikon.15.2.3

Keywords:

Liberal Democratic Party, Democratic Party of Japan, Elections, New Komeito, Japan Communist Party, Japan Socialist Party, Junichiro Koiyumi, Shinzo Abe, Taro Aso

Abstract

This article explores the reason why the LDP has stayed so long in power and why it ultimately fell out. It begins by giving an overview of the political situation in Japan in the past decades. It then proceeds to explain the main theories on why the LDP stayed so long in power and maintains that the main contributing factor has been a weak opposition. Finally it discusses how the new party has distinguished itself from former opposition parties and how and why the LDP had failed to meet that challenge. Keywords: Liberal Democratic Party, Democratic Party of Japan, Elections, New Komeito, Japan Communist Party, Japan socialist Party, Junichiro Koizumi, Shinzo Abe, Taro Aso.

Author Biography

Hrannar Baldvinsson, Waseda University, Tokyo

Research student at the Department of Political Science at Waseda University.

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Published

2009-11-02

How to Cite

Baldvinsson, Hrannar. 2009. “The Decline and Fall of the LDP in Japan: What Happened?”. Politikon: The IAPSS Journal of Political Science 15 (2). Online:49-58. https://doi.org/10.22151/politikon.15.2.3.

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 2 (2009)

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