Japan Socialist Party
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The Japan Socialist Party was a major socialist, progressive, and left-wing political party in Japan. Established in 1945, the party was the primary representative of the Japanese left and main oppone
Suehiro Nishio
Tetsu Katayama
Mosaburō Suzuki
Jōtarō Kawakami
Tomiichi Murayama
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Tomiichi Murayama was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1994 to 1996. He was the country's only socialist premier since Tetsu Katayama in 1948, and is best remembered fo
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…leadership of Takako Doi, the JSP achieved brief resurgence in the 1990 election before losing many of its seats in the 1993 election. In 1994, JSP leader Tomiichi Murayama became prime minister of a coalition government before the coalition collapsed in 1996. The JSP's period in the government alienated many of its…
Official portrait, 1994
Cabinet of Tomiichi Murayama
Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama with Vietnamese Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet in Hanoi, Vietnam, 1994
Hanshin Expressway after the Great Hanshin earthquake