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| Affiliation | Socialist |
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| Name | Ichio Asukata |
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| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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April 02, 1915 |
| Died |
October 11, 1990
(75 years) |
| Contributor | Old LW |
| Last Modifed | Juan Croniqueur
Apr 21, 2024 03:36am |
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| Info | Atsukata set out to make the JSP more open by introducing a system in which the party leader can be selected by all party members. He also tried to increase the appeal of the JSP by expanding party membership and setting up closer coordination with citizen interests groups. He also reformed some party policies which he regarded as being dogmatic. In November 1979, he moderated the JSP's position on the US-Japan Security Treaty, as he claimed on a visit to the United States that if the JSP were given power, the party would not unilaterally override the treaty. In the 1980 general election, the JSP and Komeito entered into a coalition agreement, which resulted in the JSP moving away from the Japanese Communist Party. Atsukata was defeated in the 1983 House of Councillors election, and resigned both from his position as chairman as well as political life in general thereafter. He spent the rest of his career working as a civilian lawyer. Atsukata eventually passed away on October the 11th, 1990, at the age of 75 due to cerebral infarction.
As chairman of the JSP from 1977 to 1983, he attempted to expand the party's membership and realign its platform to a more European-style social democratic model, but was largely unsuccessful in boosting the party's standing, as the JSP had only a 13.2% approval rating in December 1977. The JSP also moved a bit towards the political centre under Asukata's leadership. However, his tenure as mayor of Yokohama has left more lasting marks.
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