The Yūshinkai ( ja, 又新会, lit. ''Society for Rebirth'') was a political party in Japan. It was active from 1908 through 1910.

History

The party was established on 21 December 1908 by a merger of the Yūkōkai and several independent members of the National Diet.Haruhiro Fukui (1985) ''Political parties of Asia and the Pacific'', Greenwood Press, p631 The party had few coherent policies except for anti-corruption, and co-operated with

Kensei Hontō The Kensei Hontō ( ja, 憲政本党) was a political party in Japan. History The party was established on 3 November 1898 following a split in the Kenseitō. Kenseitō had been formed earlier in the year by a merger of the Liberal Party and Shim ...

in opposing the Rikken Seiyūkai. In March 1910 over half of its 45 members left to join the new

Rikken Kokumintō The Rikken Kokumintō ( ja, 立憲国民党, , "Constitutional Nationalist Party") was a minor political party in the Empire of Japan. It was also known as simply the Kokumintō. History The ''Kokumintō'' was founded in March 1910, by a merger o ...

, and in December 1910 the party was disbanded, with its 18 remaining members sitting as independents.

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