Social Mass Party

…movement combined to form the Social Mass Party (Shakai Taishūtō) in 1932. The left failed to elect many candidates before World War II, and all of Japan’s traditional parties were dissolved in 1940.

…(or Social Masses) Party (Shakai Taishūtō), which received 36 out of 466 seats, and a heavy majority of the remainder went to the Seiyūkai and Minseitō, which had combined forces against the government and its policies. The time seemed ready for new efforts by civilian leaders, but in the…