Shōwakai
Shōwakai 昭和会 | |
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| Founded | December 23, 1935 |
| Dissolved | May 24, 1937 |
| Split from | Rikken Seiyukai |
| Merged into | Rikken Seiyukai |
| Headquarters | Tokyo |
| Ideology | Anti-Kōdōha Constitutional monarchism Japanese nationalism Conservatism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
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The Shōwakai (Japanese: 昭和会, literally Shōwa Society) was a political party in Japan.
History[]
The party was established in December 1935 by a group of 18 MPs who had left Rikken Seiyūkai and in protest at the former's decision to continue to oppose Keisuke Okada's government. Three Rikken Seiyūkai MPs, , Tatsunosuke Yamazaki and Tokonami Takejirō had been expelled from the party after accepting cabinet positions, and the expulsions continued when several other MPs joined the government's Cabinet Deliberation Council.[1]
In the 1936 elections the new party won 20 seats. Although several MPs joined it during the parliamentary term, it was reduced to 19 seats in the 1937 elections. Following the elections it was dissolved and the majority of its members rejoined Rikken Seiyūkai.[1]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Haruhiro Fukui (1985) Political parties of Asia and the Pacific, Greenwood Press, p618
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