Liberal Party (Japan)

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The Liberal Party (Japan) was a conservative political party that played a key role in postwar Japanese politics and later merged into what became the dominant Liberal Democratic Party.


Statements (24)
Predicate Object
instanceOf conservative party
political party
activeInPeriod postwar Japan
contributedToFormationOf Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
country Japan
ideology conservatism
influenced conservative camp in Japan
legacy absorbed into Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
mergedInto Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
opposedIdeology communism
socialism
orientation pro-Western
pro-market
partOf Japanese party system
playedRoleIn postwar Japanese politics
politicalPosition centre-right
sphereOfActivity national politics of Japan
status defunct political party
supportedAllianceWith United States
supportedInstitution Constitutional monarchy
supportedPolicy anti-communism
economic growth
pro-business policies
supportedSystem parliamentary democracy

Referenced by (8)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Jimintō ("Liberal Party of Japan")
Liberal Democratic Party
Liberal Democratic Party ("Japan Democratic Party")
formedByMergerOf
Mamoru Shigemitsu ("Liberal Party (Japan, 1945)")
Nobusuke Kishi ("Liberal Party (Japan, 1950)")
memberOfPoliticalParty
Freedom and People’s Rights Movement ("Jiyūtō (Liberal Party)")
associatedOrganization
Shigeru Yoshida ("Liberal Party (Japan, pre-1955)")
politicalParty
Japan Democratic Party ("Liberal Party (Japan, 1950s)")
predecessor

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