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
Leftist Socialist Party of Japan Party. Leftist Socialist Party of Japan The Leftist Socialist Party of Japan (左派社会党, the official English name was Japanese Socialist Party) was a Japanese political party that existed between 1948 and 1955. Following the defeat of the Social Democratic Party of Japan (SDPJ) in 1948 at the hands of Japan's two main conservative parties, the Liberal Party and the Democrat Party, the Japan Socialist Party dissolved into chaos and internal bickering between moderates and Marxist-Leninists. As a result, the SDPJ split: some of its members formed a moderate and almost centrist social-democratic party, while others formed a more radical, socialist,