Initially, the Rikken Kakushinto belonged to the hard-line foreign policy factions to adopt the high prosperity of the imperial family and the enhancement of the national prestige as its slogan, and also primarily advocated the expansion of the rights of the people and the establishment of a responsible government system.
当初は対外硬派に属してや皇室の尊栄・国威発揚を掲げる一方で人民の権利伸長、責任内閣制確立などを掲げた。