Social Democratic Party of Japan (SDPJ), formerly Japan Socialist Party, Japanese Nihon (or Nippon) Shakaitō, leftist party in Japan that supports an evolving socialized economy and a neutralist foreign policy.
Japanese Communist Party (JCP), Japanese Nihon (or Nippon) Kyōsantō, also called Japan Communist Party, leftist Japanese political party founded in 1922.
Both the Records of Ancient Matters (Kojiki) and the Chronicles of Japan (Nihon shoki) open with cosmological narratives accounting for the origins of the world, Japan, and the Japanese people.
"Thirteen support Nihon Kaigi, a nationalist think-tank that advocates a return to 'traditional values' and rejects Japan's 'apology diplomacy' for its wartime misdeeds.
The Nihon Shinbun Kyokai, a press lobby, warns that the government and bureaucrats may use the law to hide inconvenient information an honourable Japanese tradition.
Under the merged bank's "dual management structure", DKB famously maintained two separate personnel departments for more than 20 years: one for Dai-Ichi staff and one for Nihon Kangyo staff.One reason why Sumitomo and Sakura are pulling ahead of the pack is that the hard-nosed Sumitomo is in the driving seat.
The firm also has a partnership with Tokyo's largest taxi operator, Nihon Kotsu, to provide swappable batteries for a new fleet of electric taxis which will take to the streets of the Japanese capital.
Between 1999 and 2009 the combined circulation of morning and evening papers in Japan fell by just 6.3%, according to Nihon Shimbun Kyokai (NSK), the newspaper publishers' association.
Its name, Nihon Ishin no Kai (the Japan Restoration Party, or JRP), reflects Mr Hashimoto's promise to sweep away the existing political order.
THERE was another rout in Japanese bank shares this week, after the Nihon Keizai Shimbun, the country's most influential financial newspaper, reported that Japan's banking regulator was planning a probe into loan records at UFJ, the fourth-largest bank.
Private universities such as Waseda and Nihon have started MBA courses.
