The National Party ( ja, 国民党, ''Kokumintō'') was a political party in

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 ...

. A centrist party, its policies had a strong focus on education.

History

The party was established in July 1946 as the Shinseikai (''New Politics Society'') by a merger of the Shinkō Club, some independent MPs and some MPs from the Preparatory Committee for the Japan Democratic Party,Fukui, p617 which was subsequently dissolved.Fukui, p593 It initially had 40 MPs, two of whom were amongst the eight MPs who voted against the new post-war constitution. Talks were held with the

Cooperative Democratic Party The Cooperative Democratic Party ( ja, 協同民主党, ''Kyōdō Minshutō'') was a political party in Japan. History The party was established as the Cooperative Democratic Club on 24 May 1946 as a merger of the Japan Cooperative Party and se ...

about a merger in August 1946, and after they fell through, the party was renamed the National Party. By September 1946 the party had been reduced to 33 MPs.Haruhiro Fukui (1985) ''Political parties of Asia and the Pacific'', Greenwood Press, p581 In March 1947 another attempt was made to merge with the Cooperative Democratic Party, which this time was successful, resulting in the creation of 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 ...

References

{{Japanese political parties Defunct political parties in Japan Political parties established in 1946 1946 establishments in Japan Political parties disestablished in 1947 1947 disestablishments in Japan