Political+Party+System

==The two main political parties are the Liberal-Democratic Party and the Japan Socialist Party. The Liberal-Democratic Party was created in 1955. This party was the main party in Japan's government until about 1960. Starting in the 1960s, more political parties started to form. This changed the government because in the past there were only two groups you could vote for. With more parties running, there are more ideas created that could help the country get better regarding there economy and the moral of their citizens. Three new parties were created including the Democratic Socialist Party, Komeito and the Japanese Communist Party. About thirty years later in the summer of 1993 scandals involving corruption, sex, organized crime and the country being in the middle of a recession. This generated even more political parties. Due to the issues the country was facing the Japanese New Party, Harbinger Party and the Renewal Party. In the past fifty-one years, eight new political parties were created. In America, we have only two main parties. being the Democrats and the Republicans. == http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Asia-and-Oceania/Japan-POLITICAL-PARTIES.html