Social Democratic Party (, Shakaiminshu-tō) was a political party in Japan that existed for one day before being banned by the government.
It was the first socialist party formed in Japan.
The party was founded by
Kinoshita Naoe,
Kiyoshi Kawakami was a Japanese Christian journalist who published several books in the United States and the United Kingdom. He was born in Yonezawa, educated in the law in Japan, and was for a short time engaged in newspaper work in that country.
He sometimes ...
, ,
Sen Katayama,
Abe Isoo
was a Japanese Christian socialist, parliamentarian and pacifist. He largely contributed to development of baseball in Japan, and was called "Father of Japanese baseball." He created a baseball club of Waseda University.
Early life and educa ...
, and
Kōtoku Shūsui
, better known by the pen name , was a Japanese socialist and anarchist who played a leading role in introducing anarchism to Japan in the early 20th century. Historian John Crump described him as "the most famous socialist in Japan".
He was ...
. Kinoshita and Katayama were nominated as administrative secretaries. When composing the platform, the founders took the platform of
Social Democratic Party of Germany
The Social Democratic Party of Germany ( , SPD ) is a social democratic political party in Germany. It is one of the major parties of contemporary Germany. Saskia Esken has been the party's leader since the 2019 leadership election together w ...
(SPD) as the reference. It followed an internationalist spirit in its Basic Program, like its German counterpart.
The first article of the platform of the social democratic party was "the aim of our party is to achieve socialism (in Japan)".
Five of the six men who founded the party were Christian.
See also
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Japan Socialist Party (1906)
The Japan Socialist Party () was a socialist political party in Japan that existed for a brief period during the late Meiji era. It was founded on 24 February 1906, becoming the first legal socialist party in the country's history.
The party's l ...
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Social Democratic Party (Japan)
The is a political party in Japan that was established in 1996. Since its reformation and name change in 1996, it has advocated pacifism and defined itself as a social-democratic party. It was previously known as the .
The party was re-found ...
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Social Mass Party
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Political parties disestablished in 1901
Political parties established in 1901
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