Chūseikai

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The Chūseikai (Japanese: 中正会, lit. Impartiality Society) was a political party in Japan.

History

The party was established in December 1913 as a merger of Ekirakukai and Seiyū Club and initially had 37 MPs.[1] It supported Ōkuma Shigenobu's government from 1914 until 1916, with party member Yukio Ozaki was appointed Minister of Justice.[1] In the 1915 general elections it won 33 seats, and in October 1916 it merged into the new Kenseikai party.

References

  1. 1 2 Haruhiro Fukui (1985) Political parties of Asia and the Pacific, Greenwood Press, pp458–459
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