The was a

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. It was founded in January 1929 by Mizutani Chozaburo, a former associate of the

Labour-Farmer Party The was a political party in the Empire of Japan. It represented the left-wing sector of the legal proletarian movement at the time.Mackie, Vera C. Creating Socialist Women in Japan: Gender, Labour and Activism, 1900–1937'. Cambridge: Cambr ...

leader Oyama Ikuo. Mizutani criticized Oyama Ikuo for being too open towards a merger with the centrist sectors of the socialist movement. The Labour-Farmer Masses Party was largely confined to

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. The party was one of the founders of the United Proletarian Party Front in 1929. After the 1930 election the party changed its mind regarding unification with the other socialist groups and the party. The party merged with the

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, forming the National Conference for a United Proletarian Party which in turn merged with other parties on July 20, 1930, founding the

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