Shimpotō
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was a short-lived political party in Meiji period Japan.
Key facts
- Political party.native_name
- 進歩党
- Political party.leader
- Ōkuma Shigenobu
- Political party.merger
- Rikken KaishintōRikken KakushintōChūgoku Progressive PartyTeikoku Zaisei Kakushin-kaiŌte Club
- Political party.merged
- Kenseitō
- Political party.headquarters
- Tokyo
- Political party.country
- Japan
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Empire of Japan
- Founded by
- Ōkuma Shigenobu
- Headquarters
- Tokyo
- Followed by
- Kenseitō
- Follows
- Rikken Teiseitō
- Political ideology
- progressivism
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- inception
- 1896-03-01
- sRGB color hex triplet
- DD8888
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1898-06-20
- native label
- 進歩党
- replaced by
- Kenseitō
- short name
- PP
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Election results
- References
was a short-lived political party in Meiji period Japan.
== History == The Shimpotō was founded by Ōkuma Shigenobu in March 1896, as a merger of the Rikken Kaishintō and minor political parties to offset a temporary alliance between Ōkuma's rival, Itō Hirobumi and the Liberal Party of Japan (Jiyutō).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shimpotō” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.