Great Japan Youth Party

Great Japan Youth Party 大日本青年党 Dai-Nippon Seinen-tō
Leader	Colonel Kingoro Hashimoto
Founded	October 17, 1937
Dissolved	1945
Headquarters	Tokyo, Empire of Japan
Ideology	Japanese fascism
Mother party	Imperial Rule Assistance Association

The Great Japan Youth Party (大日本青年党^?, Dai-Nippon Seinen-tō), later known as the Great Japan Sincerity Association (大日本赤誠会^?, Dai Nippon Sekisei-kai), was a nationalist youth organization in the Empire of Japan modeled after Nazi Germany's Hitler Youth. It was active from 1937 until its dissolution in 1945.

The Dai-Nippon Seinento was a youth organization founded by ultranationalist activist Colonel Kingoro Hashimoto on October 17, 1937, following Hashimoto's temporary forced retirement from military service due to his involvement in the failed February 26 attempted coup d'etat against the government.

Hashimoto modeled the organization after the Hitler Youth of Nazi Germany, even to the extent of using a light brown color for member’s uniforms, and the adoption of a red banner with a white circle in the center as the party banner. The first party rally was held on the grounds of Meiji Shrine in downtown Tokyo, with approximately 600 members.

The stated aim of the party was to teach Japanese youth basic survival skills, first aid, life skills, cultural lessons, traditions and basic weapons training. However, Hashimoto's primary intent was to create an idealistic young cadre of supporters for the Imperial Way Faction and its nationalist and militarist doctrines.

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