Japan
Last update: October 6, 2005
| PARTY | PERIODICALS | CONTACT | IDEOL. | INTERNAT. | ELECTION Parl. '05 |
OTHER | ||
| Activist Policy Ideas Movement | Katsudôka Shûdan Shisô Undô | Shisô Undô | Shisô Undô, Shakai-Hyôron | com. | f. 1969 | |||
| Anarchist Revolutionary Project | ARP | Senshi | anar. | |||||
| Anti-Capitalist Action | anar. | f. 2002 | ||||||
| Citizen Party | Shimin no tô | Shinsei | Tel. +81-3-52753010 | green | ||||
| Communist Association - Future | Kyôsanshugi Kyôgikai - Mirai | Com-Future / Komu-Mirai | Mirai | rad. left. | f. in 1999 | |||
| Communist League (Battle Flag Faction) [Nishida Faction] | Kyôsanshugisha Dômei (Senki-ha) [Nishida-ha] | Senki-ha | Senki, Dôshi | rad. left. | split of Kyôsandô Senki-ha 1973 | |||
| Communist League (Fire Faction) | Kyôsanshugi Dômei (Takibi-ha) | Takibi-ha | rad. left. | split from BUND | ||||
| Communist League [Insurrection Faction / Saragi Faction] | Kyôsanshugisha Dômei [Hôki-ha / Saragi-ha] | Hôki-ha | Akahoshi, Kyôsanshugi | rad. left. | split of 2nd Bunto in 1970 | |||
| Communist League (National Committee) [Signal Fire Faction] | Kyôsanshugisha Dômei (Zenkoku Iinkai) [Noroshi-ha] | Noroshi-ha | Noroshi | Tel. +81-6-3713706 | mao. | ICMLPO[M], ICS | split of 2nd Bunto in 1970 | |
| Communist League [Proletarian Battle Flag Editing Committee] | Kyôsanshugisha Dômei [Puroretaria Senki Henshû Iinkai] | Purosen-ha | Puroretaria Senki | rad. left. | split of 2nd Bunto in 1970 | |||
| Communist League Red Army Faction (Japan Committee) | Kyôsanshugisha Dômei Sekigun-ha (Nihon Iinkai) | Sekigun Nihon-i-ha | rad. left. | f. 1974 | ||||
| Communist League (Spark) | Kyôsanshugi Dômei (Hibana) | Hibana-ha | Hibana | rad. left. | f. 1972 | |||
| Communist League Tokyo Area Committee | Kyôsanshugisha Dômei Shutoken Iinkai | Shutoken-i-ha | Kazeoyomu | rad. left. | f. 1983 | |||
| Communist Network | Kyôsanshugi Netsuto Waku | Com-Net / Komu-Netsuto | Komu-Netsuto | rad. left. | f. 2001 as split from Komu-Mirai | |||
| Congress of Establishing Communist Party | Kyôsanshugisha no Kentô Kyôgikai | Kentôkyô / CECOP | Kentô | fax: +81-4-23346405 | rad. left. | f. 1986, member of Komu-Mirai | ||
| Democratic Party of Japan | Minshutô | soc. dem. | close to SI | 31.04% | f. 1996 | |||
| Democratic Unity League | Minshu Tôitsu Dômei | Mintôitsudô | Minshu Tôitsu | f. 1988 by Marxist Youth League (Maruseidô) | ||||
| Ecolo | green | close to APGN | f. 2004, led by Shuji Imamaoto | |||||
| Environmental Political Party Green Assembly | Kankyosento Midori no Kaigi | green | ||||||
| Fourth International Central Secretariat | Dayon Intânashonaru Chûô Shokikyoku | Dayon Intânashonaru | tro. | f. 1966 | ||||
| Fourth International Japan Section Reconstruction Preparation Group | Dayon Intânashonaru Nihon Shibu Saiken Jumbi Gurûpu | Dayon Intâ Saiken-ha | Intânashonaru, Rôdosha no Hata | tro. | ex-USFI | split from JRCL in 1987 | ||
| ing Network | Ingu Netsutowaku | ing | ing | f. 1997 as split from Workers Network | ||||
| International Solidarity | Kokusai Rentai | Kokusai Rentai | tro. | CWI | ||||
| Internationalism | Kokusaishugi | Kokusaishugi | rad. left. | f. 1991, member of Komu-Netsuto | ||||
| Japan Communist Party (Action Faction) | Nihon Kyôsantô (Kôdô-ha) | Kôdô-ha | Akhahata, Jinmin Sensen no Hata no Motoni! | mao. | f. 1980 | |||
| Japan Communist Party (Left Faction) | Nihon Kyôsantô (Saha) | Nikkyô Saha | Jinmin no Hoshi | mao. | ex-Alb., ICS | f. 1969 | ||
| Japan Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist) National Council | Nihon Kyôsantô (Marukusu-Reninshugisha) Zenkoku Kyôgikai | Nikyô MLshugisha Zenkokukyô | mao. | split from Nihon Rôdoshatô | ||||
| Japan Independence Association | Jishu Nihon no kai | |||||||
| Japan Labor Party | Nihon Rôdôtô | Rôdôtô | Rôdô Shimbun | mao. | f. in 1974 | |||
| Japan Revolutionary Communist League | Nihon Kakumeiteki Kyôsanshugisha Dômei | JRCL | Kakehashi | tro. | close to USFI | f. 1957, ex-Fourth International Japan Section (Dayon Intâ Nihon Shibu) | ||
| Japan Revolutionary Communist League, National Committee (Middle Core Faction) | Kakumeiteki Kyôsanshugisha Dômei, Zenkoku Iinkai (Chûkakû-ha) | Chûkakû-ha | Zenshin!, Commune, Kyôsanshugisha | tro. | f. in 1963 | |||
| Japan Revolutionary Communist League - Revolutionary Marxist Faction | Nihon Kakumeiteki Kyôsanshugisha Dômei - Kakumeiteki Marukusushugi-ha | Kakumaru-ha | Kaihô, Shinseiki | tro. | f. in 1963 | |||
| Japan Struggle League for the Liberation of the Working Class | Nihon Rôdôsha Kaikyû Kaihô Tôsô Dômei | Jinmin no Chikara | Jinmin no Chikara | rad. left. | split of Socialist Party in 1971 | |||
| Japanese Communist Party | Nihon Kyôsantô | Nikkyô | Akhahata, Zenei | com. | ex-WMR, ex-CI | 7.26% | f. 1922 | |
| Japanese Red Army | Nihon Sekigun | rad. left. | f. in 1971 as split of Communist League - Red Army Faction (Sekigun-ha) | |||||
| Labour Cooperation Committee for a Conference Aiming at Change | Hiyôgikaiteki Henkaku Notame no Kyôdô Iinkai | Fuenitsukusu G / Phoenix Group | Akebono Hikari | f. 1999 by Young Communist Committee | ||||
| Marxist Comrades Group | Marukusushugi Dôshikai | Umi Tsubame, Storm-Petrel | rad. left. | f. 2002 by Socialist Workers' Party | ||||
| Mitsuhashi Green Party | Mitsuhashi Midori no Tô | Nihon Shinbun | green | |||||
| Movement for Democratic Socialism | Minshushugiteki Shaikaishugi Undô | MDS | Weekly MDS | left. soc. | f. 2000 | |||
| National Council of Internationalist Workers | Kokusaishugi Rôdôsha Zenkoku Kyôgikai | Zenkokukyô | Rôdôsha no Chikara | tro. | close to USFI | split from JRCL in 1989 | ||
| National Conference of the Liberation Faction for the Establishment of the Revolutionary Workers Party - Workers' Opposition Faction) | Kakumeiteki Rôdôshatô Kensetsu Omezasu Kaihô-ha Zenkoku Kyôgikai - Rôtai-ha | Kakurôkyô Rôtai-ha | Kaihô no Tsûshin | rad. left. | one faction of original Kakurôkyô that split in 1981 | |||
| National Conference aiming at the New Worker's Party | Atarashii Rôdôshatô Omezasu Zenkoku Kyôgikai | Wakazu | Wakazu | rad. left. | member of Komu-Netsuto, split of Socialist Workers Party in 1992 | |||
| New Socialist Party | Shin Shakaitô | Shinshakai | left. soc. | split of SDP in 1996 | ||||
| Okinawa Social Masses Party | Okinawa Shakai Taishûtô | Shataitô | Shakai Taishû | f. 1950 | ||||
| Okinawa Socialist Libertarian Union | led by Senshun Arakaki | |||||||
| People - Group aiming at Self-Government, Solidarity, Ecology | Jichi, Rentai, Ekoroji Omezazu Gurûpu, Sôsei | Sôsei | Glocal / Gurokaru | green left. | ex-USSR | f. 1986 by Communist Workers Party (f. 1967) | ||
| People's Revolution Party | Jinmin Kakumei Tô | JinKakutô | Jinmin Kakumei | |||||
| Rainbow and Greens | Niji to Midori | green | APGN | f. 1999 | ||||
| Socialist Union (Preparation Group) | Shakaishugi Renmei (Junbikai) | Hiuku | tro. | split of Socialist Workers' Party prob. in 1995 | ||||
| Revolutionary Workers Council (Liberation Faction) | Kakumeiteki Rôdôsha Kyôkai (Kaihô-ha) | Kakurôkyô Kimoto-ha | Kaihô | rad. left. | split of Hazama-ha in 1999, led by Shigeki Yamada ("Kimoto") | |||
| Revolutionary Workers' Council (Socialist Party Socialist Youth League Liberation Faction) | Kakumeiteki Rôdôsha Kyôkai (Shakaitô Shaseidô Kaihô-ha) | Kakurôkyô Shigata-ha | Kaihô | tro. | ex-Hazama-ha (one faction of original Kakurôkyô that split in 1981) | |||
| Social Democratic Party | Shakai Minshutô | Shamintô / SDP | Shakai Shinpô | soc. dem. | SI | 5.49% | ex-Socialist Party (Shakaitô) | |
| Shinpoto Kaikakuken Kyûkai | left. soc. | |||||||
| Shakaishugi Kyôkai | Kyôkai-ha | Shakaishugi | fax: +81-3-32217897 | left. soc. | f. 1951, in tradition of pre-war Labour Farmer Party | |||
| Socialist League / Front | Shakaishugi Dômei / Furonto | Senku | rad. left. | |||||
| Socialist Unity Party | Shakaishugi Toitsûtô | Shatôitsutô | Shakaishugi no Hata | tel. +81-3-32392453 | f. 1985 | |||
| Spartacist - Japan Group | Suparutashisuto - Nihon Gurûpu | Suparutashisuto | tro. | ICL | f. 1988 | |||
| The League | BUND | BUND | Senki | rad. left. | ex-Communist League Battle Flag (Kyôsandô Senki-ha, split of 2nd Bunto in 1970), renamed 1993 | |||
| United Communist League | Tôitsu Kyôsan Dômei | Tôitsukyôdô | Gendai Kakumei | f. 1966 | ||||
| Workers Communist Party | Rôdôsha Kyôsantô | Rôkyôtô | Puroretaria | ex-mao., rad. left. | f. 1999 by Communist League (Red Banner Faction) (Kyôsandô Sekki-ha) and Japan Communist Party (Marxist-leninist) (Nihon Kyôsantô (Marukusu-Rêninshugisha)) | |||
| Workers Network | Wakazu Netsuto Waku | Wakazu | f. 1992, member of Komu-Mirai | |||||
| Workers Socialist League | Rôdôsha Shakaishugi Dômei | Rôshadô | Jinmin Shimpo, Kyôdô | fax: +81-3-32646351 | mao. | f. 1998 by Party Building League (Kentô Dômei) and Japan Workers Party (Nihon Rôdôshatô) | ||
| Workers' Solidarity / Anarcho-Syndicalist Network | Rôdôsho no Rentai | anar. syn. | f. 1992 as split from RRU | |||||
| Workers Solidarity Movement | Rôdôsho Rentai Undô | RRU | Anaruko-Sandeikasuto Jiyanaru | left. com, ex-anar. syn. | ex-AIT | f. 1983 | ||
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