The Ekirakukai (, lit. ''Old Friends Association'') was a political party in
Japan
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History
The party was established as the Dōshikai ("Fellow Thinkers Association") in December 1912 by a group of 11 independent
National Diet
, transcription_name = ''Kokkai''
, legislature = 215th Session of the National Diet
, coa_pic = Flag of Japan.svg
, house_type = Bicameral
, houses =
, foundation=29 November 1890(), leader1_type ...
members, most of whom had previously been members of
Yūshinkai.
[Haruhiro Fukui (1985) ''Political parties of Asia and the Pacific'', Greenwood Press, p494] In March 1913 it was renamed Ekirakukai, by which time it had grown in size to 29 Diet members.
[Fukui, p495] In December 1913 it merged with the
Seiyū Club to form the
Chūseikai.
[Fukui, p458]
References
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Defunct political parties in Japan
Political parties established in 1912
1912 establishments in Japan
Political parties disestablished in 1913
1913 disestablishments in Japan
Political parties in the Empire of Japan