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
Democratic Party (Japan, 2016) of Representatives, the Democratic Party did not nominate any candidates. Several of its remaining members were elected without party nomination. Most of these joined the formation of the "Group of Independents" ("Mushozoku no kai") House of Representatives caucus led by Katsuya Okada in October 2017. Some others such as Seiji Maehara have left the party after the election. According to the party, its membership includes 14 members of the House of Representatives as of November, 2017: Democratic Party (Japan, 2016) The , abbreviated as DP, was a political party in Japan. It was the largest opposition political party in Japan