Greater Japan Patriotic Party

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A Greater Japan Patriotic Party noise van 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, and instead was sentenced to eight months in prison for the lesser charges of disturbing the peace and intimidation.^[3]

See also[]

• Politics of Japan
• List of political parties in Japan
• History of Japan
• Uyoku dantai
• Ultranationalism

References[]

Bibliography[]

• Kapur, Nick (2018). Japan at the Crossroads: Conflict and Compromise after Anpo. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0674984424.

External links[]

• Official Website
• 大日本愛国党青年隊ＨＰ (in Japanese)
• 大日本愛国党　日の丸行動隊 - 大日本愛国党福岡県本部 (in Japanese)
• 大日本愛国党 党歌 (in Japanese)
• 「平成元年の右翼……右翼の未来はあるか？」 （1989年、JICC出版局） (in Japanese)
• 大日本愛國党赤尾敏總裁らの政見放送再錄 (in Japanese)

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