New Socialist Party of Japan

The New Socialist Party of Japan (新社会党, Shin Shakai-tō) is a left-wing political party in Japan founded on 3 March 1996 by a group of left-wingers who left the Social Democratic Party.[1][2]

This article is about the currently active Japanese political party. For other Japanese socialist parties, see Japan Socialist Party (disambiguation).

New Socialist Party of Japan
新社会党
Shin Shakai-tō
Founded3 March 1996
Split fromSocial Democratic Party
IdeologyDemocratic socialism
Political positionLeft-wing
Website
sinsyakai.or.jp

The party has some similarities to the Japanese Communist Party, advocating democratic socialism, direct democracy, non-interventionism and pacifism. It says that people can have "freedom of thought and religious beliefs". A peaceful democratic revolution, peace and human rights constitute what the party desires to be part of the Constitution of Japan. Another viewpoint that the party shares with the Japanese Communist Party, although slightly different, is the belief Japan should completely stop using its nuclear power so that Japan can become a nation with "unarmed neutrality".[3]

References
  1. 94045: Japan's Uncertain Political Transition
  2. Reed, Steven R. (2003). Japanese electoral politics: creating a new party system. Psychology Press. p. 77. ISBN 978-0-415-31140-3.
  3. http://translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://www.sinsyakai.or.jp/&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dsinsyakai%26hl%3Den (Dead link)
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