Liberal Party (Japan, 1881) on the eve of the Chichibu Incident. In 1887, Gotō Shojirō regrouped some members of the former "Jiyūtō" into a proto-party called the "Daidō Danketsu" Movement. This group split into two groups (Daidō Club led by Kōno Hironaka and Daidō Kyōwakai led by Ōi Kentarō and Nakae Chōmin ) in March 1889. In 1890, they were merged by Itagaki Taisuke to form the Constitutional Liberal Party, which was later renamed the Liberal Party. Some politicians who supported Gotō didn't join this party and formed National Liberal Party. Liberal Party (Japan, 1881) The is the name of several liberal political parties
Democratic Party (Japan, 2016) Democratic Party (Japan, 2016) The , abbreviated as DP, was a political party in Japan. It was the largest opposition political party in Japan from 2016 until its marginalization in the House of Representatives in 2017. The party was founded on 27 March 2016 from the merger of the Democratic Party of Japan and the Japan Innovation Party. The majority of the party split on 28 September 2017, before the 2017 general election, with many its members contesting the election as candidates for the Party of Hope, Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan or as party members without nomination. On 7