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Anti-American conservative (Japanese: 反米保守, Hepburn: han-Bei hoshu)[1] is a political term used in Japan that refers to a case in which conservatives in the country display anti-American views diplomatically or culturally.
Today, most establishment conservatives maintain diplomatic pro-Americanism. Anti-American conservatives are mentioned individually in Japan because conservatives have fewer anti-American views than the political left; Japan's ruling right-wing conservative Liberal Democratic Party is highly pro-American.[2]
- ^ JO Gwan-ja (2015). The Revival of Japanese Right-Wing Thought and the Coincidental Collaboration of the Left and Right. "... 'anti-American conservative (han-Bei hoshu)' such as Kobayashi, the right wing may be invisible or constitute a belligerent presence linked ..."
- ^ Jeffrey M. Bale (4 October 2017). The Darkest Sides of Politics, II: State Terrorism, "Weapons of Mass Destruction," Religious Extremism, and Organized Crime. Taylor & Francis.
Following the election of Hatoyama as Prime Minister, the two parties merged in 1955 to become the Jiyuminshu To (Liberal Democratic Party or LDP), the highly conservative pro-American party which has almost single-handedly ruled Japan up to the present day.