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
Rightist Socialist Party of Japan Rightist Socialist Party of Japan The Rightist Socialist Party of Japan (右派社会党, the official English name was Social Democratic Party of Japan) was a Japanese political party that existed between 1948 and 1955. It was a centre-left political party, which adopted a policy of moderate social-democracy. 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 SDPJ dissolved into chaos and internal bickering between moderates and Marxist-Leninists. As a result of the SDPJ split, some of its members formed a