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Japan Democratic Party

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Former Japanese political party

Japan Democratic Party 日本民主党
Founders	Ichirō Hatoyama Mamoru Shigemitsu Nobusuke Kishi
Founded	24 November 1954 (1954-11-24)
Dissolved	15 November 1955 (1955-11-15)
Merger of	Kaishintō Liberal Party–Hatoyama
Merged into	Liberal Democratic Party
Headquarters	Tokyo,Japan
Ideology	Conservatism^[1]
Political position	Right-wing^[2]
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TheJapan Democratic Party (日本民主党,Nihon Minshutō) was aconservative^[1]political party in Japan. Existing from 1954 to 1955, the party was founded byIchirō Hatoyama, former foreign ministerMamoru Shigemitsu and future Prime MinisterNobusuke Kishi.^[1] The party was formed on 24 November 1954, by mergingIchiro Hatoyama'sgroup which left theLiberal Party in 1953, and the Shigemitsu-ledKaishintō party. On 15 November 1955, the Japan Democrats merged with the Liberals to form the modernLiberal Democratic Party.

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Seats	Position	Status
1955	Ichirō Hatoyama	13,536,044	36.57	185 / 467	1st	Government

^^a ^b ^cLouis Fréderic (2002).Japan Encyclopedia. Translated by Käthe Roth. Harvard University Press. p. 709.ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
^Schieder, Chelsea Szendi (2019-08-14)."Japan's Upper House is No Place for a Woman".Foreign Affairs.ISSN 0015-7120. Retrieved2024-04-25.