Liberal_Party_(Japan,_1903)

Liberal Party (Japan, 1903)

Liberal Party (Japan, 1903)

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The Liberal Party (Japanese: 自由党, Jiyūtō) was a political party in Japan.

History

The Liberal Party was established in mid-1903 as a breakaway from Rikken Seiyūkai by a group of around 20 National Diet members opposed to co-operation with Prime Minister Katsura Tarō.[1] It sought to bring back the ideals of the original Liberal Party, but suffered from the widespread suspicion that it was a tool of Katsura's.[1]

In December 1905 it merged with the Kōshin Club and Teikokutō to form the Daidō Club (1905–10).[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Haruhiro Fukui (1985) Political parties of Asia and the Pacific, Greenwood Press, p568
  2. [2]
    Fukui, p477
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