Nippon Kaigi
Japan Conference 日本会議 | |
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| Chairman | Tomohiko Taniguchi |
| General Secretary | Yuzo Kabashima |
| Founder | Koichi Tsukamoto |
| Founded | 30 May 1997 |
| Merger of | Nihon wo mamoru Kokumin Kaigi and Nihon wo mamoru Kai |
| Headquarters | Vort Aobadai II, Aobadai, Meguro, Tokyo |
| Membership | c. 38,000 – 40,000 (2020 est.) |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Far-right |
| Religion | Shinto |
| Affiliations | Nippon Kaigi National Lawmakers Friendship Association |
| Colours | Black Carmine |
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Nippon Kaigi (日本会議; lit. 'Japan Conference') is Japan's largest ultraconservative and ultranationalist far-right non-governmental organisation and lobbying group. It was established in 1997 and has approximately 38,000 to 40,000 members as of 2020.
The organisation describes its aims as to "change the postwar national consciousness based on the Tokyo Tribunal's view of history as a fundamental problem" and to revise Japan's current Constitution, especially Article 9 which forbids the maintenance of a standing army. The group also aims to promote "patriotic education" and a nationalist interpretation of State Shinto, negationist views in regards to World War II, and supports official visits to the Yasukuni Shrine by Japanese ministers. It also denies that comfort women, recruited by Japan during World War II, were forced to work.
The group has significant influence in Japanese politics. Many current and former ministers and prime ministers have been members, including Sanae Takaichi, Shigeru Ishiba, Tarō Asō, Shinzō Abe and Yoshihide Suga. In the words of Hideaki Kase, an influential member of Nippon Kaigi, "We are dedicated to our conservative cause. We are monarchists. We are for revising the constitution. We are for the glory of the nation."