Nippon Kaigi(日本会議?), qui pourrait se traduire en français par la « Conférence du Japon », est une organisation politique japonaise d'extrême droite cherchant à rétablir le régime impérial et à effacer toute trace des abus commis durant cette période.
Le groupe a été créé en 1997 et compte environ 38 000 membres. À travers ses adhérents, il exerce une influence importante au sein des pouvoirs exécutif et législatif.
↑« Nippon Kaigi: The ultra-nationalistic group trying to restore the might of the Japanese Empire », ABC News, (lire en ligne, consulté le ) :
« Nippon Kaigi, or Japan Conference, is an ultra-right-wing lobby group reshaping Japanese politics. »
↑« Abe's cabinet reshuffle », sur East Asia Forum, : « Abe also rewarded right-wing politicians who are close to him — so-called ‘ideological friends’ who are being increasingly pushed to the forefront of his administration — such as LDP Executive Acting Secretary-General Koichi Hagiuda who was appointed Education Minister. As a member of the ultranationalist Nippon Kaigi (Japan Conference), which seeks to promote patriotic education, he can be considered ‘reliable’ as the government’s policy leader on national education. »
↑« In rare move, court suspends publication of best-seller on Abe-linked conservative lobby group », The Japan Times, Kyodo, (lire en ligne, consulté le ) :
« A Tokyo court has ordered a publisher to suspend publication of a best-selling nonfiction book detailing links between the conservative Japan Conference (Nippon Kaigi) lobby and a religious group, saying it contains defamatory information. »
↑Grant Newsham, « Japan's conservative Nippon Kaigi lobby: Worth worrying about? », Asia Times, Tokyo, (lire en ligne, consulté le ) :
« TOKYO–The recent spate of western media articles on Nippon Kaigi – a conservative Japanese lobbying group (and somewhat akin to a “Political Action Committee” in America) associated with Prime Minister Abe — suggests Japan is heading for a police state, and soon afterwards will be looking overseas for somewhere to invade. »
↑Stanley White et Tetsushi Kajimoto, « Japan PM, finance minister under fire over suspected cover-up of cronyism », Reuters, Tokyo, (lire en ligne, consulté le ) :
« Also removed was a reference to ties by Abe and Aso to a conservative lobby group, Nippon Kaigi. »
↑Tomomi Yamaguchi, « Revisionism, Ultranationalism, Sexism: Relations Between the Far Right and the Establishment Over the 'Comfort Women' Issue », Social Science Japan Journal, vol. 21, no 2, , p. 193–212 (DOI10.1093/ssjj/jyy014, lire en ligne, consulté le )
↑Ernils Larsson, « Abe's cabinet reshuffle reflects growing influence of the religious right », East Asia Forum, (lire en ligne, consulté le )
« the reactionary group Nippon Kaigi (Japan Conference)—has been waging war over its shared past with China and South Korea on battlegrounds ranging from Yasukuni Shrine to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). »
↑Rupert Wingfield-Hayes, « VJ Day: A WW2 hero and a reckoning with Japan's past », BBC News, (lire en ligne, consulté le )
« Nippon Kaigi Parts of the Japanese establishment have ties with a large far-right voluntary organization, Nippon Kaigi (Japan Conference), whose ranks include grassroots members across the nation as well as national and local politicians ... »