The Kenseikai ( 憲政会 , "Constitutional Politics Association") was a short-lived political party in the pre-war Empire of Japan .
11-698: The Kenseikai was founded on 10 October 1916, as a merger of the Rikken Dōshikai (led by Katō Takaaki ), Chūseikai (led by Ozaki Yukio ) and the Kōyū Club (a minor opposition group). Led by Katō Takaaki, the new party was united by its opposition to the policies of the ruling Rikken Seiyūkai under Prime Minister Ōkuma Shigenobu . The party was supported financially by the Mitsubishi zaibatsu , due to family ties with Katō Takaaki. Party leaders included Hamaguchi Osachi and Adachi Kenzō . The merger gave
22-607: A moderate foreign policy. It pushed strongly for rule under the Meiji Constitution , without influence or control by the genrō . It also favored universal male suffrage (which led to the General Election Law ) and much needed reforms in labor laws and in the economic situation for farmers . However, despite its liberal image, the coalition passed the Peace Preservation Law in 1925. Following Katō's death,
33-609: The 1915 General Election , with a 153 seats. After the dissolution of the Ōkuma government, the Dōshikai merged with Chūseikai and other small political parties to form the Kenseikai in October 1916. This article about a Japanese political party is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Rikken Kokuminto The Rikken Kokumintō ( Japanese : 立憲国民党 , lit. '"Constitutional Nationalist Party"')
44-599: The Imperial Japanese Navy . It took a strong stand against the power and influence of the genrō and Meiji oligarchy . In the 1912 general elections the new party secured 95 seats, making it the single largest opposition party (to the Rikken Seiyūkai ) in the Lower House. In January 1913, about half of the party defected to join the Rikken Dōshikai founded by Katsura Tarō . In the 1915 general elections
55-614: The Kenseikai a total of 198 seats in the Lower House of the Diet of Japan , thus forming a majority, and raised the expectation that Katō Takaaki would become the next prime minister. However, the position of prime minister was a direct appointment from the Emperor per advice provided by the genrō , and in this case, the genrō unexpectedly nominated General Terauchi Masatake instead. In protest,
66-579: The Kenseikai initiated a no confidence motion , which subsequently dissolved the Diet and led to the political isolation of the Kenseikai for almost a decade. During its period in the opposition, the Kenseikai strongly opposed the Siberian Intervention and pushed for greater rights for labor unions . In the 1924 General Election , the Kenseikai secured 150 seats, making it the largest single party in
77-623: The Rikken Kokuminto party. Katsura was able to convince 90 Diet members (including all 31 members of the Chūō Club and half of the Rikken Kokumintō ) to join his new party. The party survived Katsura's death in 1913, and under the leadership of Katō Takaaki placed five of its members in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Ōkuma Shigenobu in 1914–1916. It became the majority party in the Diet after
88-578: The Lower House, but without a majority. Katō agreed to form a coalition government with the Rikken Seiyukai (led by Takahashi Korekiyo ), which had 100 seats, and the Kakushin Club (led by Inukai Tsuyoshi ), which had 30 seats. This three-party coalition ( Goken Sampa Naikaku ) was the first ruling coalition government in Japanese history, and used its majority to focus on domestic political reform and
99-461: The early years of the 20th century. It was also known as simply the Dōshikai . Founded by Prime Minister Katsura Tarō on February 7, 1913, the Rikken Dōshikai largely served to support his cabinet against criticism by Ozaki Yukio and his Rikken Seiyūkai party, which at the time held a majority of the seats in the Lower House of the Diet of Japan , as well as by Inukai Tsuyoshi of
110-727: The party was led by Wakatsuki Reijirō , but his cabinet was unable to weather the Shōwa financial crisis of 1927. The Kenseikai merged with the Seiyū Hontō in June 1927 to form the Rikken Minseitō . Rikken D%C5%8Dshikai The Rikken-Dōshi Kai ( Japanese : 立憲同志会 , lit. 'Association of Comrades of the Constitution';) was a political party active in the Empire of Japan in
121-650: Was a minor political party in the Empire of Japan . It was also known as simply the Kokumintō . The Kokumintō was founded in March 1910, by a merger of the Kensei Hontō with a number of minor political parties and groups within the Lower House of the Japanese Diet , and was dominated by Inukai Tsuyoshi . It advocated a constitution , an electoral franchise based on universal adult male suffrage and increased spending for
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