Liberal Party (Japan, 1890) saw the party reduced to 107 seats. In April 1896 it joined Itō Hirobumi's government and Liberal leader Itagaki Taisuke was appointed Minister of Home Affairs. After losing another two seats in the March 1898 elections, the party merged with Shimpotō in June 1898 to form the Kenseitō. Liberal Party (Japan, 1890) The Liberal Party (, "Jiyūtō") was a political party in Japan. The party was established in August 1890 by 130 members of the House of Representatives who had been elected in July, and was initially named the Constitutional Liberal Party (立憲自由党, "Rikken Jiyūtō"). It was a merger of
National Democratic Party (Japan) National Democratic Party (Japan) The National Democratic Party (, "Kokumin Minshutō") was a political party in Japan. It was active from 1950 until 1952. The party was established on 28 April 1950 as a merger of the Democratic Party (the 47 National Diet members remaining in the party after another faction had left to form the Democratic Liberal Party), the National Cooperative Party (14 members) and the New Politics Council (five members); the new party also had 43 members of the House of Councillors, 36 from the DP and seven from the NPC. House of Councillors elections were held in