Change of the Government and the Transformation of Social Movements: How DPJ Change Social Movements?

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The DPJ government, that came to power as a result of the 2009 general election, allowed left-leaning social movements greater access to policy-making process. However, the ruling DPJ's lack of stability in governance had it fail of producing any meaningful policy outputs. Successful social movements such as those who lobbied for the NPO law revision chose to utilize changing power relations among parties, instead of directly approaching the DPJ government. By contrast, right-wing social organizations came to gain bigger political voice by lending strong support to the opposition party, LDP. It, as a consequence, has led the LDP to lean toward more right.