- Source: Greater Japan Patriotic Party
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, as was Kazutaka Komori, who perpetrated the Shimanaka incident in 1961.
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.
See also
Politics of Japan
List of political parties in Japan
History of Japan
Uyoku dantai
References
= Citations
== Works cited
=Kapur, Nick (2018). Japan at the Crossroads: Conflict and Compromise after Anpo. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0674984424.
External links
Official website
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Greater Japan Patriotic Party
- Ultranationalism (Japan)
- Assassination of Inejirō Asanuma
- Conservatism in Japan
- List of political parties in Japan
- Japan Innovation Party
- Conservative Party of Japan
- Otoya Yamaguchi
- Bin Akao
- Pro-Americanism
