-
Koenkai (後援会, lit. "local
support groups") are
local support networks of ****anese Diet members,
especially of the
Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). These...
- been significant.
Although the
significance of
Koenkai had
diminished as
compared to pre-reform, the
Koenkai withstood the
electoral reform fairly well....
-
allowed to have a fan/supporter club
called a
kōenkai if he has
enough po****rity. This is in
addition to
kōenkai ****ociated with his sumo stable.
These clubs...
- pork
barrel spending, the LDP
candidates also
cultivated rapport through koenkai in
their own constituency.
Politicians went to the locals' wedding, funeral...
- in
Multimember Districts (SNTV/MMD) -
encouraged the
proliferation of
koenkai networks,
money politics, and
entrenching clientelistic behaviors in elections...
- One
important factor within pork
barrel politics is the
concept of the
koenkai. This is a
group of a politician's
followers and
serves as a
middle ground...
- ****anese
politics had seen a
declining importance in
local support groups (
koenkai)
which had
previously allowed local LDP
politicians to stay in
power even...
- the JCP to s****
other external organizational support,
including from
kōenkai. The
Choir of JCP-fans (JCPファン雑唱団, JCP-fan z****yōdan) is a
musical group...
-
likely to be seen
these days (usually inadvertently) is hair-pulling.
Koenkai (後援会) 'Supporters ****ociation'. A membership-based
fellowship for the purpose...
-
established in the build-up to the
March 1915
general elections as
Okuma Kōenkai, a
group of
Waseda University graduates campaigning for
Prime Minister...
