Great Japan Youth Party

Great Japan Youth Party
大日本青年党
Dai-Nippon Seinen-tō
LeaderColonel Kingoro Hashimoto
FoundedOctober 17, 1937
Dissolved1945
HeadquartersTokyo, Empire of Japan
IdeologyJapanese fascism
Mother partyImperial Rule Assistance Association (from 1940)
Rally of Great Japan Youth Party in 1940
Colonel Kingoro Hashimoto wearing the Youth Party armband
Pin from 15th meeting of Great Japan Youth Party

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),[1] was a nationalist youth organization in the Empire of Japan modeled after Nazi Germany's Hitler Youth.[2][3] It was active from 1937 until its dissolution in 1945.

  1. ^ ″Tucker, Encyclopedia of World War II: A Political, Social, and Military History. pp 666 [1]
  2. ^ Sims. Japanese Political History Since the Meiji Renovation, 1868-2000, pp. 218 [2]
  3. ^ Abend. My Life in China 1926-1941. pp.274