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Overview
Animalism Party is Japan’s Animal Party.
Animal Advocacy Party is a general term for political organizations that carry out animal protection activities.
As of 2023, 10 animal parties around the world have won seats in the European Parliament, parliament, regional parliaments, etc.
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The Animalism Party is a political organization established to realize a society based on animalism.
→ What is animalism? What does it change and what does it solve? (Under construction)
Basic information
Party name
・AP (abbreviation)
・アニマリズム党 (Japanese)
・Animalism Party (English)
Date of establishment: November 1, 2019 (World Vegan Day)
Founder: MEGURO Mineto (目黒 峰人)
Location: Kokubunji City, Tokyo
Symbol
The Animalism Party’s symbol is a heart with a line underneath it. The line represents the division between humans, an animal species, and other animal species. At present, humans control animals and are on top of them. Once an animalistic society is achieved, this line will be drawn, humans and animals will merge, and the heart will be completed.
The colors used are C0 M100 Y65 K10 (the colors of the Japanese flag with K set to 0). In the past, the Japanese flag was dyed with madder. If I were to make a flag for the Animalism Party, I would like to dye it with madder.
Website https://animalism.party/
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Organization
Representative: MEGURO Mineto（目黒 峰人）
Advisory board (in preparation)
Accounting advisor 1 person
Animalism Party Policy / Animalism Party Oath
Animalism party policy
Animalism Party pro bono interns, volunteers, officers, public office holders, and candidates for public office are required to abide by Animalism Party policy.
Animalism Party Oath
Animalism Party officers, office holders, and candidates for public office are required to swear and sign the Animalism Party oath. Article 4 requires you to be an animalist and vegan.
Behavioral guidelines
Issues: Information collection and analysis
We collect and analyze thorough information for each issue.
The solution is not by addressing the problem, but by eliminating the root cause of the problem.
Goal: Most ideally
In the coming future, we will break away from human-centeredness and realize a society where everyone is respected in a life that spans one planet.
In order to move to a society where all animals, including humans, live together on a green planet, we will end all animal use, enshrine animal rights in the constitution, and enact related laws and regulations.
Policy: Most realistic
Run for local and national elections and improve the conditions of people, animals, and the planet through politics.
We implement policies in the most practical way based on the values, evidence, and laws of the time.
Evaluation: Continue to grow
We evaluate policies and organizations and create a cycle of continuous improvement and growth.
Politician
Member of Diet 0
Local Assembly Person 0
Animalism party platform
We will realize a society based on animalism.
All animals are companions born on earth and live together.
Human beings, a type of animal, have forgotten this and have caused great damage to other species and the earth.
Until now, humankind has built social and economic systems based on humanism: the supremacy of humanity.
Looking at the current situation, it is clear that there is no future beyond humanism.
Animalism is a concept that extends humanism to include animals.
In other words, animalism encompasses humanism.
Animalism recognizes animals as beings with equal value to humans, renounces discrimination, violence, exploitation, and other violations of their rights, liberates them, treats them as objects of ethics and rights, and guarantees their dignity and freedom.
We begin by including animals, which we know have nervous systems, senses, and mental activity, into society.
The realization of a new society and economy based on the philosophy of animalism will lead to the resolution of many social and environmental problems.
We believe that through animalism, we can achieve a true symbiotic society, true peace, and a truly sustainable, green, peaceful, and beautiful earth.
We serve animals, living organisms, nature, and the earth, including humans.
We will do our best to achieve this ideal.
Policy
National Politics
Overall policy picture_National Policy
Local Politics
Overall policy picture_Local politics
History
Remarks
Reference
Japan
Population: 123.3 million (2023 World Population White Paper)
Religion: No religion (62%), Buddhism (31%), Shinto (3%), Christianity (1%), Other (1%), No answer (2%) (NHK 2018)
GDP per capita: $46,473 (2019)
Government system: Constitutional Monarchy
Head of State: Emperor (with legal and academic discussions)
Prime Minister: Prime Minister
Administrative Division
Wide-area local governments: 47 (1 metropolitan area, 1 prefecture, 2 prefectures, 43 prefectures)
Basic local governments: 1,718 (792 cities, 743 towns, 183 villages) + 23 wards
*County is the name of a regional unit and does not function as an administrative district.
Electoral System
Title: Direct election, indirect election, no election (who votes, elects, etc. | Election method | Number of seats | Term of office)
[National election]
Head of State: Emperor (hereditary/male line succession)
Prime Minister: indirect election (members of the Diet (if the results differ between the House of Representatives and the House of Councilors, the result in the House of Representatives takes precedence) | 4-year term)
Members of Parliament (bicameral system; the lower house is dominant)
・House of Representatives (members of the House of Representatives)
Direct election (Japanese citizens aged 18 years or older | Combined single-seat constituency proportional representation system | 465 seats (single-seat constituency 289 seats, proportional representation 176 seats) | 4-year term, subject to dissolution)
Right to vote: Japanese citizens 25 years of age or older
・Senate (members of the House of Councilors)
Direct election (Japanese citizens aged 18 and over | Combined electoral district proportional representation system | 248 seats (148 electoral district seats, 100 proportional representation seats | 6-year term, half re-elected every 3 years, no dissolution)
Right to vote: Japanese citizens 30 years of age or older
[Local elections]
Wide-area local governments: 47 (1 metropolitan area, 1 prefecture, 2 prefectures, 43 prefectures)
Capital, prefecture, prefectural governor
Direct election (persons with an address within the prefecture | 4-year term)
Right to vote: Japanese citizens 30 years of age or older
Metropolitan, prefectural, prefectural assembly members
Direct election (persons with an address within the prefecture | 4-year term)
Right to vote: Japanese citizens 25 years of age or older
Basic local governments
City/ward/town/village mayor
Direct election (persons with an address within the city, ward, town or village | 4-year term)
Japanese nationals 25 years of age or older
City/ward/town/village assembly
Direct election (persons with an address within the city, ward, town or village | 4-year term)
Japanese nationals 25 years of age or older
Political parties with seats in the Diet (name of faction and number of members belonging to each faction):
The numbers in parentheses are (number of female members | number of male members).
House of Representatives （December 14, 2023）
465Seats（48｜416）
Percentage of female members 11.5%
Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) 261 （21｜240）
Constitutional Democratic Party (CDP) 96（13｜83）
Nippon Ishin no Kai 41（5｜36）
Komeito 32（4｜28）
Japanese Communist Party (JCP) 10（2｜8）
Democratic Party for the People (DPFP) 7（1｜6）
Yūshi no Kai 4（0｜4）
Free Education for All 4（0｜4）
Reiwa Shinsengumi 3（2｜1）
Independents 6（0｜6）
Vacancy 1
House of Councillors （August 2, 2022）
465Seats（64｜184）
Percentage of female members 34.8%
Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) 118（22｜96）
Constitutional Democratic Party (CDP) / Social Democratic Party (SDP) 40（18｜22）
Komeito 27（4｜23）
Nippon Ishin no Kai 21（4｜17）
Democratic Party for the People (DPFP)・Shin-Ryokufukai 12（3｜9）
Japanese Communist Party (JCP) 11（5｜6）
Reiwa Shinsengumi 5（1｜4）
Hekisuikai 2（2｜0）
The Party to Protect People from NHK 2（0｜2）
Okinawa Whirlwind 2（0｜2）
Independents 8（5｜3）
Reference page
Wikipedia. Religion in Japan
Types of elections. Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. https://www.soumu.go.jp/senkyo/senkyo_s/naruhodo/naruhodo03.html.
The right to vote and the right to be elected. Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. https://www.soumu.go.jp/senkyo/senkyo_s/naruhodo/naruhodo02.html.
Name of faction and number of members belonging to each faction. House of Representatives. https://www.shugiin.go.jp/internet/itdb_annai.nsf/html/statics/shiryo/kaiha_m.htm.
List of members by faction. House of Councilors. https://www.sangiin.go.jp/japanese/joho1/kousei/giin/208/giinsu.htm.