The Seiyū Club (, "Constitutional Friends Club") was a short-lived political party in

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The party was established in February 1913 as a 26 MP breakaway from

Rikken Seiyūkai The was one of the main political party, political parties in the pre-war Empire of Japan. It was also known simply as the ''Seiyūkai''. Founded on September 15, 1900, by Itō Hirobumi,David S. Spencer, "Some Thoughts on the Political Devel ...

led

Yukio Ozaki was a Japanese politician of 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 the "God of constitutional ...

over objections to

Yamamoto Gonnohyōe , was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy and twice Prime Minister of Japan from 1913 to 1914 and again from 1923 to 1924. Biography Early life Yamamoto was born in Kagoshima in Satsuma Province (now Kagoshima Prefecture) as the sixth son ...

being appointed Prime Minister.Haruhiro Fukui (1985) ''Political parties of Asia and the Pacific'', Greenwood Press, p613 The party was a strident critic of Gonnohyōe and one of the strongest supporters of party government of its time. However, some members soon defected back to Rikken Seiyūkai, and in December 1913 the remaining MPs merged with

Ekirakukai The Ekirakukai (, lit. ''Old Friends Association'') was a political party in Japan. History The party was established as the Dōshikai ("Fellow Thinkers Association") in December 1912 by a group of 11 independent National Diet , transcrip ...

to form the

Chūseikai The Chūseikai (, 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 ...

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