Kokumin Kyōkai
The Kokumin Kyōkai ( ja, 国民協会, lit. ''National Association'') was a political party in Japan. History Led by Saigō Jūdō and Shinagawa Yajirō, nationalist supporters of Matsukata Masayoshi and his government established the Kokumin Kyōkai in June 1892.Haruhiro Fukui (1985) ''Political parties of Asia and the Pacific'', Greenwood Press, pp575–576 The party supported the expansion of the military and industrialisation, and by early 1893 it had 68 members in the National Diet. It was less supportive of the Itō Hirobumi was a Japanese politician and statesman who served as the first Prime Minister of Japan. He was also a leading member of the ''genrō'', a group of senior statesmen that dictated Japanese policy during the Meiji era. A London-educated samur ... government installed in August 1892, and gradually became an opposition party. The party won 35 seats in the National Diet during the March 1894 elections, but was reduced to 32 in the September 1894 ...
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Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north toward the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, and Taiwan in the south. Japan is a part of the Ring of Fire, and spans Japanese archipelago, an archipelago of List of islands of Japan, 6852 islands covering ; the five main islands are Hokkaido, Honshu (the "mainland"), Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa Island, Okinawa. Tokyo is the Capital of Japan, nation's capital and largest city, followed by Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kobe, and Kyoto. Japan is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eleventh most populous country in the world, as well as one of the List of countries and dependencies by population density, most densely populated and Urbanization by country, urbanized. About three-fourths of Geography of Japan, the c ...
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Saigō Jūdō
Marshal-Admiral Marquis (1 June 1843 – 18 July 1902) was a Japanese politician and admiral in the Meiji period. Biography Early life Saigō was born in Shimokajiyachō, Kagoshima, the son of the ''samurai'' Saigō Kichibe of the Satsuma Domain. His siblings included his famous older brother Saigō Takamori. Saigō changed his name many times throughout his life. Besides the two listed above, he sometimes went by the nickname "Shingō". His real name was either "Ryūkō", or "Ryūdō" (隆興). It is possible that he went by the name "Ryūsuke". Following the Meiji Restoration, Saigō went to a government office to register his name. He intended to register orally under his given name (Ryūkō or Ryūdō). However, the civil servant misheard his name and he therefore became under the law. He did not particularly mind, so he never bothered to change it back. The name "Tsugumichi" arose as an alternate pronunciation for the characters of his name. At the recommendation of Ari ...
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Shinagawa Yajirō
Viscount was a Chōshū Domain samurai, who became Home Ministry (Japan), Home Minister in early Meiji period Japan. Biography Shinagawa was born in Hagi, Yamaguchi, Hagi, in former Chōshū Domain (present day Yamaguchi Prefecture). His father was an ''ashigaru'', or lower ranking foot soldier in the service of the Mōri clan. During the Bakumatsu period, he attended Yoshida Shōin’s Shoka ''Sonjuku'' Academy, and was a fervent supporter of the ''Sonnō jōi'' movement. In 1862, together with other pro-''Sonnō jōi'' Chōshū samurai, he was a participant in an attack on the British legation in Edo. He was also present at the unsuccessful Kinmon Incident, Hamaguri rebellion in Kyoto in August 1864. During the Boshin War of the Meiji Restoration, he served as a staff officer in the Satcho Alliance, Imperial armies in various battles against the remnants of Tokugawa shogunate forces in the Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei in northern Honshū. He is also credited with writing the lyrics of ...
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Matsukata Masayoshi
Prince was a Japanese politician who was Prime Minister of Japan from 1891 to 1892 and 1896 to 1898. Early life Matsukata Masayoshi was born on 25 February 1835, in Arata, Kagoshima, Satsuma Province (present-day Shimoarata, Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture), the fourth son of Matsukata Masayasu and his wife Kesaku. His family was of the ''samurai'' warrior nobility class. Both his parents died when he was 13 years old. At the age of 13, he entered the ''Zoshikan'', the Satsuma domain's Confucian academy, where he studied the teachings of Wang Yangming, which stressed loyalty to the Emperor. He started his career as a bureaucrat of the Satsuma Domain. In 1866, he was sent to Nagasaki to study western science, mathematics and surveying. Matsukata was highly regarded by Ōkubo Toshimichi and Saigō Takamori, who used him as their liaison between Kyoto and the domain government in Kagoshima. Knowing that war was coming between Satsuma and the Tokugawa, Matsukata purchased a ship a ...
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National Diet
The is the national legislature of Japan. It is composed of a lower house, called the House of Representatives (Japan), House of Representatives (, ''Shūgiin''), and an upper house, the House of Councillors (Japan), House of Councillors (, '' Sangiin''). Both houses are directly elected under a parallel voting, parallel voting system. In addition to passing laws, the Diet (assembly), Diet is formally responsible for nominating the Prime Minister of Japan, Prime Minister. The Diet was first established as the Imperial Diet in 1890 under the Meiji Constitution, and took its current form in 1947 upon the adoption of the Constitution of Japan, post-war constitution. Both houses meet in the in Nagatachō, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Chiyoda, Tokyo. Composition The houses of the National Diet are both elected under parallel voting systems. This means that the seats to be filled in any given election are divided into two groups, each elected by a different method; the main difference bet ...
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Itō Hirobumi
was a Japanese politician and statesman who served as the first Prime Minister of Japan. He was also a leading member of the ''genrō'', a group of senior statesmen that dictated Japanese policy during the Meiji era. A London-educated samurai of the Chōshū Domain and a central figure in the Meiji Restoration, Itō Hirobumi chaired the bureau which drafted the Constitution for the newly formed Empire of Japan. Looking to the West for inspiration, Itō rejected the United States Constitution as too liberal and the Spanish Restoration as too despotic. Instead, he drew on British and German models, particularly the Prussian Constitution of 1850. Dissatisfied with Christianity's pervasiveness in European legal precedent, he replaced such religious references with those rooted in the more traditionally Japanese concept of a ''kokutai'' or "national polity" which hence became the constitutional justification for imperial authority. During the 1880s, Itō emerged as the most p ...
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March 1894 Japanese General Election
General elections were held in Japan on 1 March 1894.Marcus Bourne Huish (1970) ''Fifty years of new Japan'', Smith, Elder, p170 The Jiyūtō remained the largest party, winning 120 of the 300 seats. Results Post-election composition by prefecture References {{Japanese elections 1894 03 1894 elections in Japan Japan March 1894 events 1894 Events January–March * January 4 – A military alliance is established between the French Third Republic and the Russian Empire. * January 7 – William Kennedy Dickson receives a patent for motion picture film in the United S ...

September 1894 Japanese General Election
General elections were held in Japan on 1 September 1894.Louis G. Perez (1999) ''Japan Comes of Age: Mutsu Munemitsu and the Revision of the Unequal Treaties'', Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, p170 The Liberal Party remained the largest party, winning 107 of the 300 seats Results Post-election composition by prefecture Notes References {{Japanese elections 1894 09 1894 elections in Japan Japan September 1894 events 1894 Events January–March * January 4 – A military alliance is established between the French Third Republic and the Russian Empire. * January 7 – William Kennedy Dickson receives a patent for motion picture film in the United S ...

March 1898 Japanese General Election
General elections were held in Japan in March 1898. Campaign A total of 605 candidates contested the elections; the Liberal Party nominated the most with 233, Shimpotō had 174, Kokumin Kyōkai 52 and Yamashita Club 26. The remaining 118 candidates were independents. Results Notes References *Robert A. Scalapino (Ed. by) Robert E. Ward (1973), ''Political Development in Modern Japan'', United States: Princeton University Press. *Mahendra Prakash (2004), ''Coalition Experience in Japanese Politics: 1993-2003'', New Delhi: JNU 1898 03 Japan 1898 elections in Japan Politics of the Empire of Japan March 1898 events 1898 Events January–March * January 1 – New York City annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York as the world's second largest. The city is geographically divided into five boroughs: Manhattan, B ...

September 1898 Japanese General Election
General elections were held in Japan on 10 August 1898.Junichiro Wada (2003) ''The Japanese Election System: Three Analytical Perspectives'', Routledge Results Notes References {{Japanese elections 1898 08 1898 elections in Japan Japan August 1898 events 1898 Events January–March * January 1 – New York City annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York as the world's second largest. The city is geographically divided into five boroughs: Manhattan, B ...

Teikokutō
The Teikokutō (, lit. ''Empire Party'') was a political party in Japan. It was active from 1899 until 1905. History The party was established on 5 July 1899 as a successor to the Kokumin Kyōkai The Kokumin Kyōkai ( ja, 国民協会, lit. ''National Association'') was a political party in Japan. History Led by Saigō Jūdō and Shinagawa Yajirō, nationalist supporters of Matsukata Masayoshi and his government established the Kokumin K ....Haruhiro Fukui (1985) ''Political parties of Asia and the Pacific'', Greenwood Press, p495 It initially had 21 seats and was supportive of the government and army, calling for increased military spending. In the 1902 elections it won 17 seats, retaining all 17 in the 1903 elections and going on to win 19 in the 1904 elections. In December 1905 it merged with the Kōshin Club and the Liberal Party to form the Daidō Club.Fukui, p477 References {{DEFAULTSORT:Teikokuto Defunct political parties in Japan Political parties establis ...
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August 1898 Japanese General Election
General elections were held in Japan on 10 August 1898.Junichiro Wada (2003) ''The Japanese Election System: Three Analytical Perspectives'', Routledge Results Notes References {{Japanese elections 1898 08 1898 elections in Japan Japan August 1898 events 1898 Events January–March * January 1 – New York City annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York as the world's second largest. The city is geographically divided into five boroughs: Manhattan, B ...