JPN:
民主党（みんしゅとう、英語: Democratic Party of Japan）は、日本の政党。略称は民主、DPJ。
参議院において第1会派を形成しているが、衆議院では自由民主党に次ぐ第2会派。
代表 海江田万里
代表代行 大畠章宏
幹事長 細野豪志
参議院議員会長 輿石東
成立年月日 1998年（平成10年）4月27日
法規上は1996年9月17日から存続
政治的思想・立場 民主中道 中道左派（概要参照） 共生主義
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ENG:
The Democratic Party of Japan (民主党 Minshutō) is a Centre-left political party in Japan founded in 1998 by the merger of several opposition parties. After the 2009 election the DPJ became the ruling party in the House of Representatives, ...
DPJ, Ms. Yoriko Madoka welcomed the initiative by the ADC to meet with the DPJ in order to exchange views on the relationship between Africa and Japan. , positive
Sankei has a long and must-read article on the obstacles facing a DPJ government in implementing its plans for reforming the policymaking process. , positive
The Democratic Party of Japan and opposition party New Komeito will hold discussions on a supplementary budget for this fiscal year and other policy matters, a step toward a "partial coalition" in the divided Diet, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.
Komeito plans to enter policy talks with the intention of approving the supplementary budget to be compiled by the DPJ-led government, although it also likely will push to have some of its own policies included.
The DPJ hopes forging a coalition with Komeito on a policy-by-policy basis will help smooth passage of bills through the Diet as ...
The Democratic Party of Japan is likely to become the most powerful party in the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly in Sunday's election, overtaking the Liberal Democratic Party, a Kyodo News opinion poll indicated.Of 1,037 randomly chosen voters in Tokyo polled over the weekend by phone, 30.3 percent said they will vote for candidates backed by the DPJ.The figure was up 13.2 percentage points from a survey before the last Tokyo election in 2005 and far higher than the 18.2 percent who said they would vote for the LDP. The rate of respondents supporting LDP-backed candidates was down 8.5 points from ...
