Social Democratic Party (Japan, 1901)

Social Democratic Party (社会（しゃかい）民主党（みんしゅとう）, Shakaiminshu-tō) was the first socialist party in the Empire of Japan. The party was banned by the government of Japan only one day after its foundation.[2][3][4]

This article is about the Japanese political party that existed in 1901. For other Japanese social democratic parties, see Social Democratic Party (Japan) (disambiguation).
Social Democratic Party
社会民主党
Japanese nameShakaiminshu-tō
FoundedMay 18, 1901 (1901-05-18)
DissolvedMay 20, 1901 (1901-05-20)
HeadquartersTokyo, Japan
IdeologySocialism[1]
Political positionLeft-wing

The party was founded by Kinoshita Naoe, Kiyoshi Kawakami, Kōnirō Nishikawa, Sen Katayama, Abe Isoo, and Kōtoku Shūsui. Kinoshita and Katayama were nominated as administrative secretaries. All the six founders except Kōtoku Shūsui were christians at the time, which influenced the party's doctrine. When composing the platform, the founders took the platform of Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) as the reference. It followed an internationalist spirit in its Basic Program, like its German counterpart.[5] The first article of the platform of the social democratic party was "the aim of our party is to achieve socialism (in Japan)".[1][6]

See also

References
  1. 社会民主党（1901年結成）. 朝日新聞社Kotobank. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
  2. David John Lu (1997). Japan: A Documentary History. M.E. Sharpe. p. 366. ISBN 978-0-7656-0036-3.
  3. Totten, George O. (1966). "The Social Democratic Movement in Prewar Japan". Studies on Japan's Social Democratic Parties. 1.
  4. "新聞集成明治編年史編纂会編『新聞集成明治編年史 第11卷』林泉社、1940年、p.253". dl.ndl.go.jp. Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  5. Yagi, Kiichiro (October 12, 2003). "Social Democracy and Liberarism in the 20th Century Japan" (PDF). Hokkaido University. Retrieved 2022-11-06.
  6. Kublin, Hyman (1952). "The Origins of Japanese Socialist Tradition". The Journal of Politics. 14 (2): 257–280. doi:10.2307/2126522. ISSN 0022-3816. JSTOR 2126522. S2CID 154811958.
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