Friday March 31, 10:49 AM
LDP may change English name
(Kyodo) _ The ruling Liberal Democratic Party may change its English name as the word "Liberal" does not match its policies, party officials said Friday.
At a meeting of a panel on party reform, Seiichi Ota, a House of Representatives member, proposed revising the name to "Party of Freedom Democracy."
The move reflects growing sentiment within the party that "liberal" is associated with an image of opposition parties, which are against revising the war-renouncing Article 9 of the Constitution or favor aggressive government involvement in economic activities in the private sector, the officials said.
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