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 | | In 1955, when the two right-wing conservative parties merged into the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), the JSP lost much of its support, and until 1993, was one of the only large opposition parties to the LDP. |
 | | In 1986, Takako Doi became the leader of the party. |
 | | Doi Takako was leader of SDP since 1996, but she resigned in 2003, feeling that the reason her party lost in the elections was because of her, as chairwoman. |
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