Editing Soka Gakkai (section)

===Founding of the Komeito===
{{Main|Komeito}}

In 1961, Soka Gakkai formed the Komei Political League. Seven of its candidates were elected to the House of Councillors. In 1964 the [[Komeito]] (Clean Government Party) was formed by Ikeda. Over the course of several elections it became the third largest political party, typically amassing 10–15% of the popular vote.<ref>{{cite book |author=Masumi Junnosuke |translator=Lonny E. Carlile |title=Contemporary politics in Japan|date=1995|publisher=University of California Press|location=Berkeley|isbn=978-0-520-05854-5|pages=397–8}}</ref> The New Komeito Party was founded in 1998 and has been allied with the [[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democratic Party]] (LDP) since 1999.

In 2014, the New Komeito was renamed Komeito again.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0001596489|title=New Komeito changes name back to Komeito}}</ref> Komeito generally supports the policy agenda of the LDP, including the reinterpretation of the pacifist [[Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution|Article 9]] of the [[Constitution of Japan]], proposed in 2014 by LDP Prime Minister [[Shinzō Abe]] to allow "collective defense" and to fight in foreign conflicts.<ref name=Asahi20140727>{{cite news|title=MAJOR SECURITY SHIFT: Local New Komeito officials oppose collective self-defense |url=http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/politics/AJ201406290025 |newspaper=Asahi Shimbun |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727023918/http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/politics/AJ201406290025|archive-date=2014-07-27}}</ref><ref name="reference to NY times">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/17/world/asia/japans-lower-house-passes-bills-giving-military-freer-hand-to-fight.html?_r=0|title=Japan Moves to Allow Military Combat for First Time in 70 Years|journal=The New York Times|date=2015-07-16|last1=Soble|first1=Jonathan}}</ref>