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Kaishintō

Kaishintō
改進党
Founded 8 February 1952
Dissolved 24 November 1954
Merger of National Democratic Party, Shinsei Club and Farmers Cooperative Party
Merged into Japan Democratic Party
Headquarters Tokyo, Japan
Ideology Japanese nationalism,
Liberalism,
Economic liberalism,
Agrarianism
Political position Centre-right

The Kaishintō (Japanese: 改進党, lit. Reformist Party) was a political party in Japan.

The party was established on 8 February 1952 as a merger of the National Democratic Party and the Shinsei Club, together with most of the Farmers Cooperative Party's Diet members. In May Mamoru Shigemitsu was elected party president.

Having started with 69 seats, the party won 85 in the 1952 general elections. However, the 1953 elections saw it lose nine seats; it also won eight seats in the House of Councillors.

In November 1954 it merged with the Japan Liberal Party and a group of Diet members from the Liberal Party to form the Japan Democratic Party.


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