New Socialist Party of Japan

{{Short description|Socialist party in Japan}}

{{About|the political party founded in 1996|other Japanese socialist parties|Japan Socialist Party (disambiguation)}}

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{{Infobox political party

| native_name = {{nobold|新社会党}}

| native_name_lang = ja

| abbreviation =

| logo = New Socialist Party of Japan (logo).png

| colorcode = {{party color|New Socialist Party of Japan}}

| leader1_title = Chairman

| leader1_name = Hiromi Okazaki

| leader2_title = Secretary-General

| leader2_name = Hirokuni Chonan

| foundation = {{start date|1996|1|1|df=y}}

| headquarters = 2-10 Sanshin Industry Building 3F, Jinbō-chō,
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0051, Japan

| ideology = {{ubl|class = nowrap

| Socialism

| Environmentalism

}}

| split = Social Democratic Party

| position = Left-wing

| colors = {{color box|{{party color|New Socialist Party of Japan}}}} Green

| seats1_title = Councillors

| seats1 = {{Composition bar|0|248}}

| seats2_title = Representatives

| seats2 = {{Composition bar|0|465}}

| seats3_title = Prefectural assembly members

| seats3 = {{Composition bar|1|2598|hex={{party color|New Socialist Party of Japan}}}}

| seats4_title = Municipal assembly members

| seats4 = {{Composition bar|14|29425|hex={{party color|New Socialist Party of Japan}}}}

| website = {{URL|sinsyakai.or.jp}}

| country = Japan

}}

The {{Nihongo|New Socialist Party of Japan|新社会党|Shin Shakai-tō}} is a socialist political party in Japan founded on 3 March 1996 by a group of politicians who left the Social Democratic Party.[https://digital.library.unt.edu/govdocs/crs/permalink/meta-crs-350:1 94045: Japan's Uncertain Political Transition]{{cite book |title=Japanese electoral politics: creating a new party system |last=Reed |first=Steven R. |page=77 |year=2003 |publisher=Psychology Press |isbn=978-0-415-31140-3 }}

The party's ideology is similar to that of the Japanese Communist Party, advocating socialism (including scientific socialism and Marxism), direct democracy, non-interventionism and pacifism.[https://www.sinsyakai.or.jp/board/data/f35_00.pdf New Socialist Party of Japan 21st Century Declaration (PDF)] The party hopes to start a "peaceful democratic revolution", and wants to enshrine pacifism and human rights in the Constitution of Japan. The party also opposes nuclear power, saying it could be used for nuclear weaponry in the future.http://translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://www.sinsyakai.or.jp/&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dsinsyakai%26hl%3Den (Dead link)