Liberal Party (Japan, 1881) Liberal Party (Japan, 1881) The is the name of several liberal political parties in the history of Japan, two of which existed in the Empire of Japan prior to 1945. The first Liberal Party of Japan was formed on October 18, 1881, by Itagaki Taisuke and other members of the Freedom and People's Rights Movement (League for the Establishment of a National Assembly) to agitate for the establishment of a national assembly, with a membership based on the ideals of liberal democracy under a constitutional monarchy. It attracted a wide following of former "samurai" who were discontent because they were
The First President of Japan The First President of Japan For the first time in Japan's history there is a direct election for the Prime Minister office that gives the winner the powers of a president, and Kenichiro Sakuragi is elected. However, on the same day the North Korean army invades South Korea outbreaking the Second Korean War. Meanwhile, the Chinese government see an opportunity to threaten Japan in the amidst of the confusion Sakuragi now has to resolve. The writer Yoshiki Hidaka, a famous political analyst of Japan–United States relations, worked along with illustrator Ryuji Tsugihara in "The First President of Japan". The "seinen"