National Party (Japan)
National Party 国民党 | |
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| Founded | July 1946 |
| Dissolved | 8 March 1947 |
| Merger of | and |
| Merged into | National Cooperative Party |
| Headquarters | Tokyo, Japan |
| Ideology | Japanese nationalism Big tent |
| Political position | Centre |
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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 , some independent MPs and some MPs from the ,[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[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Haruhiro Fukui (1985) Political parties of Asia and the Pacific, Greenwood Press, p581
- ^ Jump up to: a b Fukui, p617
- ^ Fukui, p593
- Defunct political parties in Japan
- Political parties established in 1946
- 1946 establishments in Japan
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