Koenkai (後援会, lit. "local support groups") are local support networks of Japanese Diet members, especially of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). These...

allowed to have a fan/supporter club called a kōenkai if he has enough popularity. This is in addition to kōenkai associated with his sumo stable. These clubs...

been significant. Although the significance of Koenkai had diminished as compared to pre-reform, the Koenkai withstood the electoral reform fairly well....

pork barrel spending, the LDP candidates also cultivated rapport through koenkai in their own constituency. Politicians went to the locals' wedding, funeral...

in Multimember Districts (SNTV/MMD) - encouraged the proliferation of koenkai networks, money politics, and entrenching clientelistic behaviors in elections...

Pontifice in 1979. She founded an NGO named “Kaigai-senkyosha-katsudo-enjo-koenkai” (JOMAS: Japan Overseas Missionaries Assistance Society) to help Japanese...

likely to be seen these days (usually inadvertently) is hair-pulling. Koenkai (後援会) 'Supporters association'. A membership-based fellowship for the purpose...

One important factor within pork barrel politics is the concept of the koenkai. This is a group of a politician's followers and serves as a middle ground...

Japanese politics had seen a declining importance in local support groups (koenkai) which had previously allowed local LDP politicians to stay in power even...

the JCP to seek other external organizational support, including from kōenkai. The Choir of JCP-fans (JCPファン雑唱団, JCP-fan zassyōdan) is a musical group...