Dōshi Club (1947–48)

Dōshi Club
同志クラブ
Founded 28 November 1947
Dissolved 12 March 1948
Split from Democratic Party
Merged into Democratic Liberal Party
Headquarters Tokyo, Japan
Ideology Liberalism
Political position Centre-right
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The Dōshi Club (Japanese: 同志クラブ, lit. Fellow Thinkers Club) was a political party in Japan.

History

The party was established by Kijūrō Shidehara on 28 November 1947 as a breakaway from the Democratic Party.[1] Its 22 MPs were opposed to the government's coal nationalisation law being pushed by Tetsu Katayama's government, which the DP was willing to make concessions over.[1]

In March 1948 it merged with the Liberal Party and another faction from the Democratic Party to form the Democratic Liberal Party.

References

  1. 1 2 Haruhiro Fukui (1985) Political parties of Asia and the Pacific, Greenwood Press, p493
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