Shōwakai

The Shōwakai (Japanese: 昭和会, literally Shōwa Society) was a political party in Japan.

Shōwakai 昭和会
Founded	December 23, 1935
Dissolved	May 24, 1937
Split from	Rikken Seiyukai
Merged into	Rikken Seiyukai
Headquarters	Tokyo
Ideology	Anti-Kōdōha Constitutional monarchism Japanese nationalism Conservatism
Political position	Centre-right
Politics of Japan Political parties Elections

History

The party was established in December 1935 by a group of 18 MPs who had left Rikken Seiyūkai and Mushozoku Club in protest at the former's decision to continue to oppose Keisuke Okada's government. Three Rikken Seiyūkai MPs, Uchida Nobuya, Tatsunosuke Yamazaki and Tokonami Takejirō had been expelled from the party after accepting cabinet positions, and the expulsions continued when several other MPs joined the government's Cabinet Deliberation Council.[1]

In the 1936 elections the new party won 20 seats. Although several MPs joined it during the parliamentary term, it was reduced to 19 seats in the 1937 elections. Following the elections it was dissolved and the majority of its members rejoined Rikken Seiyūkai.[1]

References

1. Haruhiro Fukui (1985) Political parties of Asia and the Pacific, Greenwood Press, p618