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Japan Democratic Socialist Party
The Democratic Socialist Party was established in
January 1960
when right-wing members of the Japan Socialist Party broke
away to
form their own group. In the past, the Democratic
Socialist Party
derived much of its financial and organizational support
from the
Domei private=sector labor confederation. Like the LDP and
the
Komeito, it supported the security treaty with the United
States
and the Self-Defense Forces. The party's chairman,
Tsukamoto
Saburo, was forced to resign in 1988 after it was revealed
that he
received 5,000 shares of stock from Recruit. The
Democratic
Socialist Party won fifteen seats in the July 1993 lower
house
elections and joined the Hosokawa coalition government.
Data as of January 1994
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