Japan Farmers Party (1947–1949)

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The Japan Farmers Party (Japanese: 日本農民党, Nihon Nōmintō) was a political party in Japan.

History[]

The party was established by and four independent MPs on 25 February 1947, Kita having previously formed the Japan Cooperative Party in August 1946.^[1][2] However, three of them, including Kita, were removed from the House of Representatives shortly afterwards as part of the post-war purge.^[2]

In the 1947 general elections the party won four seats, and a further four MPs joined the party after the elections.^[2] After talks about a merger with the National Cooperative Party failed due to the opposition of , the chairman of the party's central committee, the party considered renaming itself the New Farmers Party.^[2]

The 1949 general elections saw the party reduced to a single seat and it was disbanded thereafter, and effectively replaced by the .^[2]

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