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 Japanese Socialist Party in 1960, was a member of the Aikokutō,[1] as was Kazutaka Komori, who perpetrated the Shimanaka incident in 1961.[2]
Greater Japan Patriotic Party 大日本愛国党 | |
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| Founder | Bin Akao |
| Founded | 1951 |
| Headquarters | Tokyo, Japan |
| Ideology | Japanese ultranationalism Anti-communism Pro-Americanism |
| Political position | Far-right |
A Greater Japan Patriotic Party sound truck positioned in front of Yasukuni Shrine
Party leader Akao Bin 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.[3]
References
Citations
- Kapur 2018, p. 252-253.
- Kapur 2018, p. 257.
- "High Court Upholds Sentence of Akao". The Japan Times. Tokyo. October 24, 1962. p. 4.
Works cited
- Kapur, Nick (2018). Japan at the Crossroads: Conflict and Compromise after Anpo. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0674984424.
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