Yūkōkai
![]() |
---|
![]()
|
The Yūkōkai (Japanese: 猶興会, lit. Re-emergence Society) was a political party in Japan. It was active from 1906 until 1908.
History[]
The party was established on 20 December 1906 by 36 National Diet members of the .[1] It opposed Saionji Kinmochi's Rikken Seiyūkai government and its high level of spending on the military and public services, and advocated an anti-corruption campaign.[1]
It won 29 seats in the 1908 elections. Following a failed attempt to form a new party by merging several parties opposed to the Rikken Seiyūkai government, it merged with a group of independent Diet members to form the Yūshinkai in December 1908.[1]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Haruhiro Fukui (1985) Political parties of Asia and the Pacific, Greenwood Press, pp630–631
Categories:
- Defunct political parties in Japan
- Political parties established in 1906
- 1906 establishments in Japan
- Political parties disestablished in 1908
- 1908 disestablishments in Japan