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Liberal Democratic Party
LDP · 1955– · Japan · Conservative · Electoral party · coding confidence high
Each axis runs from −10 to +10, with zero a genuine mixed or balanced position rather than an absence of opinion. A score describes a stated position and a governing record; it is not a judgement of merit. What each score means →
Core principles
Business-aligned conservatism, alliance with the United States, cautious constitutional revision, social traditionalism.
Economic model
Industrial policy, monetary expansion, construction spending, agricultural protection.
Organisation of powers
Fully competitive democracy that the same party has won almost continuously since 1955.
Reading note
Demonstrates that single-party dominance and genuine electoral competition can coexist for decades.
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EC · Economic organisation · scored +05
Coded +5: industrial policy, monetary expansion and agricultural protection.
- Documented act or statuteAbenomics from 2013 combined monetary easing, fiscal stimulus and structural reform.
CU · Social and cultural order · scored +06
Coded +6: social traditionalism maintained across seventy years in office.
- Documented act or statuteJapan remains the only G7 state without legal recognition of same-sex unions nationally; married couples must share a surname.
AU · Organisation of power · scored +03
Coded +3: full electoral competition with almost continuous incumbency.
- Documented act or statuteLost power in 1993 and 2009 and returned by election both times.
SC · Scale of decision · scored +04
Coded +4: a centralised state with prefectural administration.
- Documented act or statuteFiscal transfers from the centre fund most prefectural spending.
ID · Rule of membership · scored +06
Coded +6: one of the most restrictive naturalisation and asylum regimes among wealthy democracies.
- Comparative datasetJapan granted refugee status to fewer than one percent of applicants for most of the last two decades.
CH · Method and tempo · scored −07
Coded −7: seven decades of constitutional government.
- Documented act or statuteThe 1947 constitution has never been amended.
Nearest organisations by measured distance
Straight-line separation across all six axes, out of a maximum of 49.0. Proximity means similarity of stated position, not endorsement and not resemblance in outcome.
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