Banchō Seisaku Kenkyūjo
Banchō Seisaku Kenkyūjo 番町政策研究所 | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Defunct, now part of Taro Aso's faction |
| Founder | Takeo Miki and Kenzō Matsumura |
| Founded | 1956 |
| Dissolved | 2017 |
| Preceded by | Kaishintō |
| Succeeded by | Shikōkai |
| Ideology | Centrism |
| Political position | Centre to centre-right |
| Type | Liberal Democratic Party faction |
Banchō Seisaku Kenkyūjo (Japanese: 番町政策研究所 lit. Banchō Policy Research Institute) was a former faction of the Liberal Democratic Party which formed in 1956 and later merged into the Shikōkai faction in 2017.
Its abbreviation was Banchō-ken (番町研), and its popular nicknames, as with other LDP factions, shifted depending on who was the factional leader at the time.