Five-Pointed Star Ideology (Cherry, Plum, and Chrysanthemum)

The Five-Pointed Star Ideology, also translated as the Five-Pointed Star Doctrine, Pentagramism or Nagayamaism, is a political philosophy developed by Nagayama Yoshida. Five fundamental principles of the ideology are consists of Nationalism, Democracy, Economic Self-sufficiency, Pragmatism and Pan-Asianism. Nagayama developed the ideology for the Japanese revolutionary movement as a counter-point to both principles of Western liberal democracy and Soviet communism as well as the Japanese answer to the Three Principles of People of the Republic of China.

The Five-Pointed Star Ideology is the official state ideology of the Republic of Japan as described in the Constitution of Japan. The ideology is treated as sacrosanct by the Japanese government and the Japanese Nationalist Party. Criticisms and non-official interpretations of the ideology in Japan is still regarded as a lèse-majesté and punishable.