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| | JPRI Working Paper No. 67 |
 | | The reported JCP income for 1997 was 30.9 billion yen, followed by 24.5 billion for the LDP (14.9 billion of which was government funds), 13.3 billion for Komeito (the Clean Government party), 10.9 billion for the New Frontier party, 5.6 billion for the Democratic party, and 4.5 billion for the Socialists. |
 | | In spite of the JCP's protestations of a commitment to nationalism, democracy, parliamentary pluralism, and independence, the predominant image of the JCP among the Japanese public remains that of an alien political creature, espousing an ideology that is becoming less and less relevant to Japan. |
 | | The French Communist party repudiated democratic centralism only in 1994, and although it polled under 10 percent of the votes (down from over 20 at the height of its popularity in the 1970s), it is a junior coalition member in a socialist government. |
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