Greater Japan Patriotic Party
Appearance
Greater Japan Patriotic Party 大日本愛国党 | |
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Founder | Bin Akao |
Founded | 1951 |
Headquarters | Tokyo, Japan |
Ideology | Japanese ultranationalism Anti-communism Pro-Americanism |
Political position | Far-right |
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The Greater Japan Patriotic Party (大日本愛国党, Dai Nippon Aikokutō), frequently abbreviated to Aikokutō (愛国党, Aikokutō), is a Japanese political party and far-right political group. It was created in 1951 by right-wing ultranationalist Bin Akao, who became the first head of the party.
Otoya Yamaguchi, who assassinated Inejirō Asanuma of the Japan Socialist Party in 1960, was a member of the Aikokutō,[1] as was Kazutaka Komori, who perpetrated the Shimanaka incident in 1961.[2]
Party leader Akao was arrested for conspiracy to murder in the wake of the Shimanaka incident, but was not indicted due to lack of evidence; instead, he was sentenced to eight months in prison for the lesser charges of disturbing the peace and intimidation.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ Kapur 2018, p. 252-253.
- ^ Kapur 2018, p. 257.
- ^ "High Court Upholds Sentence of Akao". The Japan Times. Tokyo. October 24, 1962. p. 4.
Works cited
[edit]- Kapur, Nick (2018). Japan at the Crossroads: Conflict and Compromise after Anpo. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0674984424.
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- 1951 establishments in Japan
- Anti-communist organizations in Japan
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- Far-right politics in Japan
- Conservative parties in Japan
- Japanese nationalist parties
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