Dōshi Club (1947–48)

Dōshi Club
同志クラブ
Founded28 November 1947
Dissolved12 March 1948
Split fromDemocratic Party
Merged intoDemocratic Liberal Party
HeadquartersTokyo, Japan
IdeologyConservatism[1]
This article is part of a series on
Politics of Japan
Constitution and Laws
The Monarchy

Naruhito

Fumihito

Executive

Shigeru Ishiba (LDP)

Second Ishiba Cabinet
(LDP–Komeito coalition)
Legislature

Fukushiro Nukaga

  • Vice Speaker

Kōichirō Genba

Masakazu Sekiguchi

  • Vice President

Hiroyuki Nagahama
Judiciary

Saburo Tokura

Bank of Japan
  • Governor

Kazuo Ueda

Elections


Japanese general elections


Japanese House of Councillors elections


Unified local elections
Administrative divisions
Foreign relations
flag Japan portal

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.[2] 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.[2]

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

References

  1. ^ Theodore McNelly, ed. (1963). Contemporary Government of Japan. Houghton Mifflin. p. 118. In the meantime, during the controversy over coal nationalization in 1947, Shidehara and some friends left the Democratic Party to form the conservative Doshi Club.
  2. ^ a b Haruhiro Fukui (1985) Political parties of Asia and the Pacific, Greenwood Press, p493