The Seirankai and the Fate of its Members: The Rise and Fall of the New Right Politicians in Japan.

Often ideology is downplayed in the study of Japanese politics. The Seirankai is important because it was a clearly ideological right-wing group of politicians. The group and its former members certainly pushed forward the right-wing ideological agenda in the decades after its formation but assessing its impact is not straightforward. The Seirankai and the fate of its members demonstrate the tension between ideology and standard narratives of political success in Japan. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]