Liberal Party (Japan, 1945)

Japan Liberal Party

日本自由党
Japan Liberal Party 日本自由党
Founded	November 9, 1945
Dissolved	March 15, 1948
Merger of	Dōkōkai
Merged into	Democratic Liberal Party
Headquarters	Tokyo, Japan
Ideology	Conservatism; Antimilitarism; Economic liberalism
	Politics of Japan; Political parties; Elections;

Japan Liberal Party (日本自由党, Nihon Jiyūtō) was a political party in Japan.

History[edit]

It's founded on November 9, 1945, mainly by former members of Seiyukai Party. Its first leader was Ichirō Hatoyama. In 1946-1947 and 1948-1954, the next party leader Shigeru Yoshida was the Prime Minister.

The initial name of the party was Japan Liberal Party (日本自由党, Nihon Jiyūtō). In 1948, the Japan Liberal Party merged with Kijūrō Shidehara's Dōshi Club (民主クラブ), not to be confused with the Democratic Party, to form the Democratic Liberal Party (民主自由党, Minshu Jiyūtō).

Leaders[edit]

No.	Name	Portrait	Term of office
No.	Name	Portrait	Took office	Left office
1	Ichirō Hatoyama		9 November 1945	18 August 1946
2	Shigeru Yoshida		18 August 1946	15 March 1948

Election results[edit]

House of Representatives[edit]

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/-	Position	Status
1946	Ichirō Hatoyama	13,505,746	24.36	141 / 468	new	1st	Government
1947	Shigeru Yoshida	7,312,524	26.73	131 / 468	9	2nd	Opposition

House of Councillors[edit]

Election	Leader	Constituency			Party list			Seats	Position	Status
Election	Leader	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Seats	Position	Status
1947	Ichirō Hatoyama	3,769,704	17.10	30 / 150	1,360,456	6.40	8 / 100	38 / 250	2nd	Governing coalition

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ブリタニカ国際大百科事典小項目事典の解説 [The Encyclopædia Britannica: Micropædia's explanation]. kotobank.jp (in Japanese). The Asahi Shimbun Company. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c Yoshida, Kenji. 日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)の解説 [The Nihon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica's explanation]. kotobank.jp (in Japanese). The Asahi Shimbun Company. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
^ Uno 1991, p. 1094.
^ ^a ^b ^c Uno 1991, p. 1088.

Works cited[edit]

Uno, Shun'ichi [in Japanese] (1991). Nihon zenshi = Japan chronik (in Japanese). Tokyo: Kodansha Ltd. ISBN 4-06-203994-X.

[Micropædia-1] ブリタニカ国際大百科事典小項目事典の解説 [The Encyclopædia Britannica: Micropædia's explanation]. kotobank.jp (in Japanese). The Asahi Shimbun Company. Retrieved June 21, 2020.

[LP-2] Yoshida, Kenji. 日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)の解説 [The Nihon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica's explanation]. kotobank.jp (in Japanese). The Asahi Shimbun Company. Retrieved June 21, 2020.

[FOOTNOTEUno19911094-3] Uno 1991, p. 1094.

[FOOTNOTEUno19911088-4] Uno 1991, p. 1088.

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Factions	Heisei Kenkyūkai Kōchikai Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyūkai Shikōkai Shisuikai
Preceding parties	Liberal Party Japan Democratic Party
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Split parties	New Liberal Club (1976) Japan New Party (1992) Japan Renewal Party (1993) New Party Sakigake (1993) People's New Party (2005) Your Party (2009) Sunrise Party (2010) New Renaissance Party (2010) Japan Restoration Party (2012)
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