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Greater Japan Patriotic Party
大日本愛国党
Founder Bin Akao
Founded1951 (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

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]

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]

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References

Citations

  1. ^ Kapur 2018, p. 252-253.
  2. ^ Kapur 2018, p. 257.
  3. ^ "High Court Upholds Sentence of Akao". The Japan Times. Tokyo. October 24, 1962. p. 4.

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Greater Japan Patriotic Party
大日本愛国党
Founder Bin Akao
Founded1951 (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

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]

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]

See also

References

Citations

  1. ^ Kapur 2018, p. 252-253.
  2. ^ Kapur 2018, p. 257.
  3. ^ "High Court Upholds Sentence of Akao". The Japan Times. Tokyo. October 24, 1962. p. 4.

Works cited

External links


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