Nippon Kaigi

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Nippon Kaigi (日本会議; lit. 'Japan Conference') is Japan's largest ultraconservative and ultranationalist far-right non-governmental organisation and lobbying group. It was established in 1997 and has approximately 38,000 to 40,000 members as of 2020. The organisation describes its aims as to "change the postwar national consciousness based on the Tokyo Tribunal's view of history as a fundamental problem" and to revise Japan's current constitution, especially Article 9 which forbids the maintenance of a standing army. The group also aims to promote "patriotic education" and a nationalist interpretation of State Shinto, negationist views in regards to World War II, and supports official visits to the Yasukuni Shrine by Japanese ministers. It also denies that comfort women, recruited by Japan during World War II, were forced to work. The group has significant influence in Japanese politics. Many current and former ministers and prime ministers have been members, including Sanae Takaichi, Shigeru...

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