The Chūseikai ( ja, 中正会, lit. ''Impartiality Society'') was a political party in Japan.

History

The party was established in December 1913 as a merger of Ekirakukai and Seiyū Club and initially had 37 MPs.Haruhiro Fukui (1985) ''Political parties of Asia and the Pacific'', Greenwood Press, pp458–459 It supported

Ōkuma Shigenobu Marquess was a Japanese statesman and a prominent member of the Meiji oligarchy. He served as Prime Minister of the Empire of Japan in 1898 and from 1914 to 1916. Ōkuma was also an early advocate of Western science and culture in Japan, and ...

's government from 1914 until 1916, with party member

Yukio Ozaki was a Japanese people, Japanese politician of Liberalism, liberal signature, born in modern-day Sagamihara, Kanagawa. Ozaki served in the House of Representatives of the Japanese Diet for 63 years (1890–1953). He is still revered in Japan as t ...

appointed Minister of Justice. In the 1915 general elections it won 33 seats, and in October 1916 it merged into the new

Kenseikai The was a short-lived political party in the pre-war Empire of Japan. History The ''Kenseikai'' was founded on 10 October 1916, as a merger of the '' Rikken Dōshikai'' (led by Katō Takaaki), '' Chūseikai'' (led by Ozaki Yukio) and the '' ...

party.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chuseikai Defunct political parties in Japan Political parties established in 1913 1913 establishments in Japan Political parties disestablished in 1916 1916 disestablishments in Japan