Liberal Party Of Japan (1998)
Liberal Party (Japan) may refer to: *Liberal Party (Japan, 1881), formed by Itagaki Taisuke to promote a national assembly *Liberal Party (Japan, 1890), a merger including the Aikoku Kōtō, Daidō Club and Daidō Kyōwakai * Liberal Party (Japan, 1903), a breakaway from Rikken Seiyūkai by some National Diet members * Liberal Party (Japan, 1945), a conservative party led by Ichirō Hatoyama * Liberal Party (Japan, 1950), a merger including the Democratic Liberal Party * Liberal Party–Hatoyama (1953), led by Mamoru Shigemitsu * Liberal Party (Japan, 1998), formed by Ichirō Ozawa and Hirohisa Fujii *Liberal Party (Japan, 2016) The was a political party in Japan that merged with the Democratic Party for the People on 26 April 2019. It had 2 out of the 475 seats in the House of Representatives, and 3 in the 242-member House of Councillors prior to merging. Formed as the ...

Liberal Party (Japan, 1881)
The is the name of several Liberalism, liberal political party, political parties in the history of Japan, two of which existed in the Empire of Japan prior to 1945. Liberal Party of 1881 The first Liberal Party of Japan was formed on October 18, 1881, by Itagaki Taisuke and other members of the Freedom and People's Rights Movement (League for the Establishment of a National Assembly) to agitate for the establishment of a Government of Meiji Japan#Establishment of a national assembly, national assembly, with a membership based on the ideals of liberal democracy under a constitutional monarchy. It attracted a wide following of former ''samurai'' who were discontent because they were no longer an elite class and no longer received stipends from the government. The ''Jiyūtō'' also aimed for suffrage for samurai and an elected assembly in each prefecture. Itagaki was party president, with Nakajima Nobuyuki as vice-president. Other notable members included Gotō Shōjirō, Baba Tatsui, ...
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Liberal Party (Japan, 1890)
The Liberal Party ( ja, 自由党, ''Jiyūtō'') was a political party in Japan. History The party was established in August 1890 by 130 members of the House of Representatives who had been elected in July, and was initially named the Rikken Jiyūtō (立憲自由党, "Constitutional Liberal Party").Haruhiro Fukui (1985) ''Political parties of Asia and the Pacific'', Greenwood Press, pp469–471 It was a merger of the Aikoku Kōtō, Daidō Club and Daidō Kyōwakai, together with several local parties. Initially led by Itagaki Taisuke, who had founded the original Liberal Party in 1881, it was renamed the "Liberal Party" in March 1891. It lost several Representatives in May 1891 when Ōi Kentarō's Kantō faction broke away to form the Eastern Liberal Party. Despite being the largest party, it was not involved in the government, and in 1891 joined forces with Rikken Kaishintō to oppose attempts to increase land taxation. In the 1892 elections it was reduced to 94 seats, and ...
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Liberal Party (Japan, 1903)
The Liberal Party ( ja, 自由党, ''Jiyūtō'') was a political party in Japan. History The Liberal Party was established in mid-1903 as a breakaway from Rikken Seiyūkai by a group of around 20 National Diet members opposed to co-operation with Prime Minister Katsura Tarō.Haruhiro Fukui (1985) ''Political parties of Asia and the Pacific'', Greenwood Press, p568 It sought to bring back the ideals of the original Liberal Party, but suffered from the widespread suspicion that it was a tool of Katsura's. In December 1905 it merged with the Kōshin Club and 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. ''N ... to form the Daidō Club (1905–10).Fukui, p477 References {{Japanese Empire political parties Defunct political parties in Japan Political parties established ...
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Liberal Party (Japan, 1945)
was a political party in Japan. History It's founded on November 9, 1945, mainly by former members of Seiyukai Party. Its first leader was Ichirō Hatoyama. In 1946-1947 and 1948-1954, the next party leader Shigeru Yoshida was the Prime Minister. The initial name of the party was . In 1948, the Japan Liberal Party merged with Kijūrō Shidehara's , not to be confused with the Democratic Party Democratic Party most often refers to: *Democratic Party (United States) Democratic Party and similar terms may also refer to: Active parties Africa *Botswana Democratic Party *Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea *Gabonese Democratic Party *Demo ..., to form the . Leaders Election results General election results Councillors election results References Works cited * {{Authority control 1945 establishments in Japan Political parties established in 1945 Defunct political parties in Japan Conservative parties in Japan Defunct conservative parties Political parties ...
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Liberal Party (Japan, 1950)
The Liberal Party ( ja, 自由党, ''Jiyūtō'') was a political party in Japan. History The party was established in March 1950 as a merger of the Democratic Liberal Party led by Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida (which held a majority in the House of Representatives) and 22 MPs from the Alliance faction of the Democratic Party, although Alliance leader Takeru Inukai did not join the new party.Haruhiro Fukui (1985) ''Political parties of Asia and the Pacific'', Greenwood Press, pp. 568–572 In the April 1950 House of Councillors elections, it won 52 of the 132 seats. In August 1952, Ichirō Hatoyama was allowed to rejoin the party, having been banned from politics as a result of the purge. A former leader of the original post-war Liberal Party, he expected Yoshida to allow him to take over the party again, but was rebuffed. This led to increasing tensions within the party, splitting it into Hatoyama and Yoshida factions. Although the party won a majority of seats in the House of ...
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Liberal Party–Hatoyama
The Liberal Party–Hatoyama ( ja, 鳩山自由党 (分派自由党)) was a political party in Japan. It was active during 1953. History The party was established in March 1953, shortly before the April elections, by a group of 22 Diet members belonging to the Liberal Party who were supporters of Ichirō Hatoyama; within two days it gained a further 15 seats when the Kozen Hirokawa faction also defected.Haruhiro Fukui (1985) ''Political parties of Asia and the Pacific'', Greenwood Press, p572 In May Mamoru Shigemitsu was elected party president. Of the 102 candidates nominated by the party for the House of Representatives, 35 were elected. However, the party failed to win a seat in the simultaneous House of Councillors elections. Talks were subsequently held with Kaishintō The Kaishintō ( ja, 改進党, lit. ''Reformist Party'') was a political party in Japan. History The party was established on 8 February 1952 as a merger of the National Democratic Party and the Shinse ...
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Liberal Party (Japan, 1998)
The was a political party in Japan formed in 1998 by Ichirō Ozawa and Hirohisa Fujii. It is now defunct, having joined the Democratic Party of Japan in 2003. The Liberal Party were part of the Japanese liberal Parties genealogy, neoliberal and neoconservative. Ichirō Ozawa should not be confused with the left-liberal Liberal Party, which was re-established in 2016. History The Liberal Party was formed from remnants of the New Frontier Party after it dissolved in 1998. The party did do quite well for a new party, joining the opposition led by the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) and also including the New Kōmeitō, the Social Democratic Party and Japanese Communist Party, and thus helped contest elections against the ruling conservative Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). In January 1999, it formed a coalition with the ruling LDP under Keizō Obuchi. Takeshi Noda as Minister for Home Affairs became its only member in the realigned Obuchi cabin ...
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