Right Socialist Party of Japan

The Right Socialist Party of Japan (社会党右派, Shakaitō-uha), whose official English name was Social Democratic Party of Japan, was a political party in Japan that existed between 1951 and 1955.[7]

This article is about the Japanese political party that existed from 1948 to 1955. For other Japanese socialist parties, see Japan Socialist Party (disambiguation).
Right Socialist Party of Japan
社会党右派
Shakaitō-uha
ChairpersonJōtarō Kawakami[1]
Secretary-GeneralInejirō Asanuma[2]
Founded24 October 1951[3]
Dissolved13 October 1955[4]
Split fromJapan Socialist Party
Merged intoJapan Socialist Party (1955)
HeadquartersTokyo, Japan
NewspaperShakai Shimbun[5]
IdeologySocial democracy
Anti-communism[6]
Anti-class conflict[6]
Political positionCentre-left
Colors  Blue

History

Following the defeat of the Japanese Socialist Party in 1948 at the hands of Japan's two main conservative parties, the Liberal Party and the Democrat Party, the SDPJ dissolved into chaos and internal bickering between moderate reformist socialist and more radical revolutionary socialists. As a result of the SDPJ split, some of its members formed a more centrist social-democratic party, while others formed a more radical socialist party. Both groups claimed the name Nihon Shakaitō (日本社会党) but different English translations, and are known as the Left Socialist Party of Japan and the Right Socialist Party of Japan, respectively. On domestic policy, the Right Socialist Party was a centre-left social-democratic party.

The left-wing was in chaos between 1948 and 1955. In early 1955, the Left Socialists and the Right Socialists reconciled and merged to reform the JSP, months before the Liberal Democrat Party was created through the merger of the Liberal and Democrat parties. Even though the Right Socialist Party dissolved in 1955 when the JSP reunified, some members of the former Right Socialist Party broke off from the JSP in 1960 and created the Democratic Socialist Party. The Young Socialists, a newly formed youth organisation which retains full membership in the International Union of Socialist Youth, is said to be inherited from the political tradition of the Right Socialist Party.

Election results
House of Representatives
Election year # of seats Change Status
1952
57 / 446
 Opposition
1953
66 / 446
 9 Opposition
1955
67 / 446
 1 Opposition
Source: [8]

See also

References
  1. Arakawa, Shoji. 河上丈太郎とは § 日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)の解説 [What is Jōtarō Kawakami? § The Nihon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Encyclopedia Nipponica's explanation]. Kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  2. Arakawa, Shoji. 浅沼稲次郎とは § 日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)の解説 [What is Inejirō Asanuma? § The Nihon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Encyclopedia Nipponica's explanation]. Kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  3. Kanda 1983, p. 361.
  4. Shibagaki 1983, p. 101.
  5. 社会新報とは § ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典の解説 [What is Shakai Shimpō? § The Encyclopædia Britannica: Micropædia's explanation]. Kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  6. Shibagaki 1983, p. 97.
  7. Mosk 2007, p. 239.
  8. Shibagaki 1983, p. 86.

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