Democratic Party (Japan, 1947)

Democratic Party
日本民主党
Nihon Minshutō
FoundersInukai Takeru
Hitoshi Ashida
FoundedMarch 31, 1947 (1947-03-31)[1][2][3]
DissolvedApril 28, 1950 (1950-04-28)[4]
Preceded byJapan Progressive Party[2]
Succeeded byNational Democratic Party[4]
HeadquartersTokyo, Japan
IdeologyConservatism[5]
Revisionist capitalism[2][5]
Anti-bureaucratism[5]

The Democratic Party (Japanese: 民主党, Hepburn: Minshutō), officially 日本民主党 (lit.'Japan Democratic Party') was a conservative political party in Japan.[5]

  1. ^ Awaya 1983, p. 349.
  2. ^ a b c Kanda 1983, p. 238.
  3. ^ Uno 1991, p. 1092.
  4. ^ a b Kanda 1983, p. 355.
  5. ^ a b c d 世界大百科事典 第2版の解説 [The Heibonsha World Encyclopedia (2nd ed.) 's explanation]. kotobank.jp (in Japanese). The Asahi Shimbun Company. Retrieved December 21, 2020.