Money, Leader, and Loyal Network: Detecting Informal Factions in the Japanese Liberal Democratic Party

• In Event: Parties, Democracy and Authoritarianism in Asia

Brief Overview

This paper employs network analysis to examine factional divisions within Japan’s LDP using fundraising party data. By comparing 2021 and 2024 leadership elections, it explores how faction dissolution reshapes informal groups and cooperation.

Authors

• Hideo Ishima, Kyoto University

• Daisuke Hakiai, University ok Kochi

• Tsubasa Nishimura, Ritsumeikan university