Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan

The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDP) is a major opposition political party in Japan. The party is known for its center to center-left positions and its focus on issues such as constitutional reform, social welfare, and environmental policies.

Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan 立憲民主党 Rikken-minshutō
Abbreviation	CDP CDPJ
President	Yoshihiko Noda
Executive Deputy President	Akira Nagatsuma Kiyomi Tsujimoto Hiroshi Ogushi
Secretary-General	Junya Ogawa
Chairman of the Policy Bureau	Kazuhiko Shigetoku
Founder	Yukio Edano
Founded	3 October 2017; 7 years ago (2017-10-03) 15 September 2020; 4 years ago (2020-09-15)[a]
Merger of	Democratic Party For the People (majority) Social Democratic Party (majority)
Split from	Democratic Party (2016)[a]
Preceded by	Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan[a]
Headquarters	2-12-4 Fuji Building 3F, Hirakawa-chō, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0093, Japan
Newspaper	Rikken-minshu[4]
Youth wing	RikkenYouth[5]
Membership (August 2024)	114,839[6]
Ideology	Liberalism (Japanese) Social liberalism
Political position	Centre to centre-left
International affiliation	Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats (observer)
Colors	Blue[7]
Slogan	人へ 未来へ まっとうな政治へ Hitoe Miraie Mattouna Seijie[8] ("For people, for the future, for honest politics.")
Councillors	38 / 248
Representatives	148 / 465
Prefectural assembly members	232 / 2,644
Municipal assembly members[9]	712 / 29,135
Election symbol
Website
Japanese cdp-japan.jp English cdp-japan.jp/english

Notes

1. The "old CDP" was founded on 3 October 2017^[1] as a split from the Democratic Party and dissolved on 14 September 2020,^[2] while the current party was founded on 15 September 2020^[3] as a merger of the old CDP, the majority of the Democratic Party For the People and some independent lawmakers.

References

1. "政治資金規正法に基づく政治団体の届出" (PDF). Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (in Japanese). 3 October 2017.
2. "政治資金規正法及び政党助成法に基づく政党の解散の届出" (PDF). Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (in Japanese). 14 September 2020.
3. "政治資金規正法に基づく政治団体の届出" (PDF). Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (in Japanese). 15 September 2020.
4. 機関紙「立憲民主」のご案内 [Information of the newspaper "Rikken-minshu"]. cdp-japan.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 June 2019.
5. "りっけんユース" [RikkenYouth]. cdp-japan.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 27 May 2023.
6. "立民代表選、党員・協力党員11万人に投票権　合計740ポイントの争奪戦に". 産経新聞. 2024-08-26. Retrieved 2024-08-26.
7. 日本に定着するか、政党のカラー [Will the colors of political parties settle in Japan?] (in Japanese). Nikkei, Inc. 21 October 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2019. 立憲民主党は青だ。 [Constitutional Democratic Party is blue.]
8. "代表メッセージ - 立憲民主党". Archived from the original on 2024-09-01. Retrieved 2024-10-01.
9. Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, party membership statistics for chief executives and assembly members in prefectures and municipalities: Prefectural and local assembly members and governors/mayors by political party as of 31 December 2023