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Liberal League

Liberal League
Party President: Dr. Tokuda Tarao
Secretary General: Iishi Issi
Founded: 2001
Headquarters:

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Representatives: 1
Councillors: 0
Political Ideology: liberal
Website: Liberal League

The Liberal League; Japanese Jiyu Rengo (自由連合); is a conservative-liberal political party in Japan. It is a minor party, but it does have one seat in the House of Representatives in the Diet. The League, whose name can also be translated as "Freedom League" or "Libertarian Union" (even though its official English translation is Liberal League, has a liberal and free market political agenda.

The party was formed in 2001 and won a few seats in its first election; however, in the 2003 parliamentary elections, it won only one. It won no seats in the July 2004 Upper House Elections.

On domestic policy, the party supports privatization and smaller government, but also calls for increasing the rights of women. It supports the government on most issues, and, despite being critical of Japan's close relationship with the United States, is supportive of the war in Iraq. It gains its base mostly from farmers. It supports the government (made up of the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) and the New Clean Government Party on most issues unofficially.

On domestic policy, the party is a liberal party.

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