The Japan Masses Party (, ''Nihon Taishūtō'') was a proletarian political party in

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History

The Japan Masses Party was established in December 1928 by a merger of the

Japan Labour-Farmer Party The was a socialist political party in Japan between December 1926 and December 1928. During its existence, it occupied a centrist position in the divided socialist movement. Foundation The Japan Labour-Farmer Party was one of several proleta ...

(which had won one seat in the

1928 elections The following elections occurred in the year 1928. Africa * 1928 Southern Rhodesian general election Asia * 1928 Japanese general election * 1928 Persian legislative election * 1928 Philippine House of Representatives elections * 1928 Philippine ...

), the Japan Farmers Party, the

Proletarian Masses Party The was a short-lived political party in Japan. It was founded on July 22, 1928 by the ''Rōnō'' faction (that had belonged to the Labour-Farmer Party, before that party was banned in April 1928). Suzuki Mosaburō became the general secretary of ...

and four other working-class parties.Haruhiro Fukui (1985) ''Political parties of Asia and the Pacific'', Greenwood Press, pp521–522 With both parties from the right and left having joined the new party, tensions soon arose, resulting in the expulsion of several members of parliament in May 1929. With a campaign based on tenancy and unemployment issues, the party nominated 23 candidates in the February 1930 elections, winning two seats. In June 1930 it merged with the National Conference for a United Proletarian Party and the National People's Party to form the

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