However, such bills did not pass, because the then leading opposition party, Japan Socialist Party, opposed to and criticized the establishment of National Foundation Day, citing "a return to a prewar period and the prime example of reactionary conservatism" as the reason.
しかし、当時野党第一党の日本社会党が「建国記念日」の制定を「戦前回帰、保守反動の最たるもの」として非難・反対したため、成立しなかった。