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Japan Masses Party

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The Japan Masses Party (Japanese: 日本大衆党, Nihon Taishūtō) was a proletarian political party in Japan.

Japan Masses Party
日本大衆党
FoundedDecember 1928
DissolvedJune 1930
Merger ofJapan Labour-Farmer Party
Japan Farmers Party
Proletarian Masses Party
Merged intoNational Masses Party [ja]
IdeologyRevolutionary socialism
Socialism
Agrarian socialism
Political positionLeft-wing to far-left

History

The Japan Masses Party was established in December 1928 by a merger of the Japan Labour-Farmer Party (which had won one seat in the 1928 elections), the Japan Farmers Party, the Proletarian Masses Party and four other working-class parties.[1] With both parties from the right and left having joined the new party, tensions soon arose, resulting in the expulsion of several members of parliament in May 1929.[1]

With a campaign based on tenancy and unemployment issues, the party nominated 23 candidates in the February 1930 elections, winning two seats.[1] In June 1930 it merged with the National Conference for a United Proletarian Party and the National People's Party to form the National Masses Party.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Haruhiro Fukui (1985) Political parties of Asia and the Pacific, Greenwood Press, pp521–522