Summary
The Right Socialist Party of Japan (社会党右派, Shakaitō-uha) was a political party in Japan that existed between 1951 and 1955.[10]
Right Socialist Party of Japan 社会党右派 Shakaitō-uha | |
|---|---|
| Chairperson | Jōtarō Kawakami[1] |
| Secretary-General | Inejirō Asanuma[2] |
| Founded | 24 October 1951[3] |
| Dissolved | 13 October 1955[4] |
| Split from | Japan Socialist Party |
| Merged into | Japan Socialist Party |
| Headquarters | Tokyo, Japan |
| Newspaper | Shakai Shimbun[5] |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| Colors | |
History edit
Following the signing of the San Francisco Peace Treaty in 1951, the Japan Socialist Party dissolved into chaos and internal bickering between moderate reformist socialists and more radical revolutionary socialists over the issue of whether or not to support the Treaty. As a result of the JSP 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 1951 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 edit
House of Representatives edit
| Election | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Jōtarō Kawakami | 4,108,274 | 11.63 | 57 / 466
|
new | 3rd | Opposition |
| 1953 | 4,677,833 | 13.52 | 66 / 466
|
 9
|
4th | Opposition | |
| 1955 | 5,129,594 | 13.86 | 67 / 467
|
1
|
Opposition | ||
| Source: [11] | |||||||
House of Councillors edit
| Election | Leader | Constituency | Party list | Seats | Position | Status | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Won | Total | ||||
| 1953 | Jōtarō Kawakami | 2,952,803 | 10.54 | 7 / 75
|
1,740,423 | 6.44 | 3 / 53
|
10 / 128
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26 / 250
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4th | Opposition |
See also edit
References edit
Citations edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Kanda 1983, p. 361.
- ^ Shibagaki 1983, p. 101.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Junnosuke Masumi, ed. (2022). Contemporary Politics in Japan. Univ of California Press. p. 313. ISBN 9780520332782.
The first congress of the Right Socialist Party, held in January 1952, the year following the party's formation, raised the banner of "democratic socialism" and declared that the Left Socialist Party, led by a group of procommunists, would degenerate into "the puppet force of the JCP" within a few months.
- ^ Journal of Social and Political Ideas in Japan - Volumes 3-4. Center for Japanese Social and Political Studies. 1965. p. 96.
Since the right wing of the Socialist Party, in opposing communism, based itself ideologically on democratic socialism, the left wing of the Socialist Party, in order to win in its ideological competition with the Communist Party, has regarded the ideology and actions of the right wing as inimical to party unity . To all appearances, Suehiro Nishio symbolized the thought and behavior of the right wing of the Socialist Party.
- ^ "日本社会党". kotobank.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 22 November 2022.
- ^ a b Shibagaki 1983, p. 97.
- ^ Mosk 2007, p. 239.
- ^ Shibagaki 1983, p. 86.
Sources edit
- Kanda, Fuhito (1983). Senryō to minshu shugi. Showa no Rekishi (in Japanese). Vol. 8. Shogakukan. ISBN 4-09-376008-X.
- Shibagaki, Kazuo (1983). Kōwa kara kōdo seichō e. Showa no Rekishi (in Japanese). Vol. 9. Shogakukan. ISBN 4-09-376009-8.
- Mosk, Carl (2007). Japanese Economic Development: Markets, Norms, Structures. Routledge. ISBN 9781135982898.