National Party (Japan)

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The National Party (Japanese: 国民党, Kokumintō) was a political party in Japan. A centrist party, its policies had a strong focus on education.^[1]

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,^[2] which was subsequently dissolved.^[3] 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 about a merger in August 1946, and after they fell through, the party was renamed the National Party.^[2]

By September 1946 the party had been reduced to 33 MPs.^[1] 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.

References

1 2 Haruhiro Fukui (1985) Political parties of Asia and the Pacific, Greenwood Press, p581
1 2 Fukui, p617
↑ Fukui, p593

Political parties in Japan

Officially recognized
political parties

Governing parties	Liberal Democratic Komeito

Opposition parties	Democratic Communist Initiatives from Osaka Social Democratic People's Life Party & Taro Yamamoto and Friends Japanese Kokoro New Renaissance Party

Political organisations with
seats inthe National Diet

Political organisations with
seats in regional assemblies

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