The term is principally used in countries where the political camp is divided into liberals (meaning social liberals) on the left and conservatives on the right, rather than in countries whose political camps include social democrats on the left and their opponents on the right.
[1] The latter term can be applied to several countries, such as the United States, Poland,[2] South Korea,[3] and Japan.
The Kōchikai was a faction that represented moderate conservatives within the right-wing Liberal Democratic Party.
[7] Yomiuri Shimbun places more emphasis on moderate pro-American diplomacy rather than hawkish Japanese nationalism.
[nb 2] In the 20th century, liberal in South Korea had the opposite meaning of socialist or left-wing.