The LDP members hold a variety of positions that could be broadly defined as being to the right of main opposition parties. Many of its ministers, including former Prime Ministers Fumio Kishida, Yoshihide Suga"Abe's reshuffle promotes right-wingers" (Korea Joongang Daily – 2014/09/05) and Shinzo Abe, are/were affiliated with the parliamentary league of Nippon Kaigi, a far-right ultraconservative lobby group. In Japanese politics, the convention is to classify the Liberal Democratic Party and the Japanese Communist Party as occupying the conservative and progressive ends of the ideological spectrum respectively. However, this classification has faced challenges, especially among younger generations, since the 1990s.
The LDP members hold a variety of positions that could be broadly defined as being to the right of main opposition parties. Many of its ministers, including former Prime Ministers Fumio Kishida, Yoshihide Suga"Abe's reshuffle promotes right-wingers" (Korea Joongang Daily – 2014/09/05) and Shinzo Abe, are/were affiliated with the parliamentary league of Nippon Kaigi, a far-right ultraconservative lobby group. In Japanese politics, the convention is to classify the Liberal Democratic Party and the Japanese Communist Party as occupying the conservative and progressive ends of the ideological spectrum respectively. However, this classification has faced challenges, especially among younger generations, since the 1990s.