The Japan Farmers Party ( ja, 日本農民党, ''Nihon Nōmintō'') was a political party in

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History

The party was established by Katsutarō Kita and four independent members of the

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on 25 February 1947. Kita had previously formed the Japan Cooperative Party in August 1946.Haruhiro Fukui (1985) ''Political parties of Asia and the Pacific'', Greenwood Press, p514Fukui, p516 However, three of them, including Kita, were removed from the House of Representatives shortly afterwards as part of the post-war purge. In the 1947 general elections the party won four seats, and a further four representatives joined the party after the elections. After talks about a merger with the

National Cooperative Party The was a centrist political party in Japan. History The party was established on 8 March 1947 as a merger of the Cooperative Democratic Party and the National Party following seven months of talks.Haruhiro Fukui (1985) ''Political parties of ...

failed due to the opposition of Nakano Shirō, the chairman of the party's central committee, the party considered renaming itself the New Farmers Party. The 1949 general elections saw the party reduced to a single seat and it was disbanded thereafter, and effectively replaced by the New Farmers Party.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Japan Farmers Party (1947-49) Defunct political parties in Japan Political parties established in 1947 1947 establishments in Japan Political parties disestablished in 1949 1949 disestablishments in Japan