Template talk:Conservatism in Japan

Conservative intellectuals and politicians in Japan
The previous version contained many fatal errors. There is no Kiichirō Hiranuma, the prime minister and the most important politician of conservative movement in the prewar Showa period, only his (adopted) son Takeo Hiranuma. Fumio Kishida and Yuriko Koike are certainly politicians on the conservative side, but they are hardly representative of Japanese conservatism in terms of political importance or ideology (in this respect, it is correct to include Shinzo Abe). It is also extremely unnatural to ignore the leading intellectuals of postwar Japanese conservatism, such as Tsuneari Fukuda and Susumu Nishibe, and place only internet right-wingers such as Naoki Momota.

My above views are what should be considered common sense in Japanese politics. It is as ludicrous as, for example, ignoring Edmund Burke or seeing Nigel Farage as the only "conservative" politician. 風猷既頽 (talk) 19:04, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

Definition of (Japanese) Conservatism
One of the problems in Japanese politics, not limited to this article, is the definition of conservatism. That is, is a bureaucratic National Socialist like Nobusuke Kishi or a Anti-Tojō fascist like Seigō Nakano "conservative"? In addition to it, what about the idea that in today's Japan, prewar national liberals like Tsuda Sokichi and Minobe Tatsukichi are seen as "true conservatives"? What do experienced Wikipedians specializing in politics think of this kind of problem? 風猷既頽 (talk) 19:11, 2 November 2023 (UTC)


 * Thank you for your comment. I have incorporated the suggested additions into the template. Conservatism is a broad ideology and it has a long history, but you are correct that Nakano was never a conservative, so I removed him from the template.
 * Just some advice for navigating Wikipedia: please avoid red links, please seek consensus for radical changes in Talk, please provide authoritative sources to back your propositions. Trakking (talk) 20:51, 2 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Caused by that we do not have Conservatism in Japan for now. ときさき   くるみ not because they are easy, but because they are hard 09:20, 5 November 2023 (UTC)