#  Online supplements 

 



**Material for my article, forthcoming in the** ***Japanese Journal of Political Science*****, entitled "Occupational Branches of Japan's Ruling Party: Building Linkages While Hedging Clientelist Exposure"**

Online material referenced in the footnotes

- footnote 12, LDP official translation of 職域支部 according to [the list](https://koss.scholars.harvard.edu/sites/g/files/omnuum3141/files/2026-07/footnote12a.pdf) versus the [English ](https://koss.scholars.harvard.edu/sites/g/files/omnuum3141/files/styles/medium/public/media-icons/generic/generic.png?itok=TkALUJD2)[party constitution](https://koss.scholars.harvard.edu/sites/g/files/omnuum3141/files/2026-07/footnote12b.pdf)
- footnote 25, establishing the [LDP Rental Management Branches](https://koss.scholars.harvard.edu/sites/g/files/omnuum3141/files/2026-07/footnote25.pdf)
- footnote 32, the [assertive Japan Medical Association](https://koss.scholars.harvard.edu/sites/g/files/omnuum3141/files/2026-07/footnote32.pdf)
- footnote 36, goals of the occupational branches from the [Pharmacist Association in Toyama](https://koss.scholars.harvard.edu/sites/g/files/omnuum3141/files/2026-07/footnote36.pdf)
- footnote 41, the Nursing Federation receiving bronze [medal for party building](https://koss.scholars.harvard.edu/sites/g/files/omnuum3141/files/2026-07/footnote41.pdf)

A version of table 2, but for Shiga instead of Toyama, listing the [top 15 occupational branches in Shiga](https://koss.scholars.harvard.edu/sites/g/files/omnuum3141/files/2026-06/sisbShiga.pdf).