 Each subcommittee of the Policy Affairs Research Council (PARC) of the LDP was assigned to its appropriate government department, also known as the "amakudari" system.In this way the triangle of the LDP, bureaucrats, and business was established.The LDP was a highly fragmented, decentralized party with independent bases of power in the factions and the "zoku" (policy ‘tribes’) - veteran politicians who had developed expertise, experience and contacts in a specialized policy area.