Liberal Party (Japan)

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The Liberal Party (Japan) was a conservative political party that played a key role in postwar Japanese politics and later merged into what became the dominant Liberal Democratic Party.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf conservative party
political party
activeInPeriod postwar Japan
contributedToFormationOf Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
country Japan
ideology conservatism
influenced conservative camp in Japan
legacy absorbed into Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
mergedInto Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
opposedIdeology communism
socialism
orientation pro-Western
pro-market
partOf Japanese party system
playedRoleIn postwar Japanese politics
politicalPosition centre-right
sphereOfActivity national politics of Japan
status defunct political party
supportedAllianceWith United States
supportedInstitution Constitutional monarchy
supportedPolicy anti-communism
economic growth
pro-business policies
supportedSystem parliamentary democracy

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Liberal Democratic Party formedByMergerOf Liberal Party (Japan)
Liberal Democratic Party formedByMergerOf Japan Democratic Party
linked to: Liberal Party (Japan)
Freedom and People’s Rights Movement associatedOrganization Jiyūtō (Liberal Party)
linked to: Liberal Party (Japan)
Jimintō formedByMergerOf Liberal Party of Japan
linked to: Liberal Party (Japan)
Shigeru Yoshida politicalParty Liberal Party (Japan, pre-1955)
linked to: Liberal Party (Japan)
Mamoru Shigemitsu memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal Party (Japan, 1945)
linked to: Liberal Party (Japan)
Nobusuke Kishi memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal Party (Japan, 1950)
linked to: Liberal Party (Japan)
Japan Democratic Party predecessor Liberal Party (Japan, 1950s)
linked to: Liberal Party (Japan)
池田勇人 前身政党 日本自由党
linked to: Liberal Party (Japan)
吉田茂 政党 日本自由党
subject linked to: 吉田 茂
linked to: Liberal Party (Japan)
Liberal Party (Japan, 1998) isDistinctFrom Liberal Party (Japan, 1950)
linked to: Liberal Party (Japan)
Nihon Minshutō predecessor Progressive Party (Japan)
linked to: Liberal Party (Japan)