Social Democratic Party (Japan, 1901) Explained

Social Democratic Party (Japanese: {{ruby-ja|社会|しゃかい, Shakaiminshu-tō) was a political party in Japan that existed for one day before being banned by the government.^{[1] [2] [3]} It was the first socialist party formed in Japan.

The party was founded by Kinoshita Naoe, Kiyoshi Kawakami,, Sen Katayama, Abe Isoo, and Kōtoku Shūsui. Kinoshita and Katayama were nominated as administrative secretaries. 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.^[4] The first article of the platform of the social democratic party was "the aim of our party is to achieve socialism (in Japan)".^{[5] [6]} Five of the six men who founded the party were Christian.

See also

• Japan Socialist Party (1906)
• Social Democratic Party (Japan)
• Social Mass Party

Works cited

• Book: Scalapino, Robert . Robert A. Scalapino . The Japanese Communist Movement, 1920-1966 . . 1967.

Notes and References

1. Book: David John Lu. Japan: A Documentary History. 1997. M.E. Sharpe. 978-0-7656-0036-3. 366.
2. Totten . George O. . The Social Democratic Movement in Prewar Japan . Studies on Japan's Social Democratic Parties. 1 . 1966.
3. Web site: 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. 2023-01-04.
4. Web site: Yagi . Kiichiro . October 12, 2003 . Social Democracy and Liberarism in the 20th Century Japan . 2022-11-06 . Hokkaido University.
5. Web site: https://kotobank.jp/word/%E7%A4%BE%E4%BC%9A%E6%B0%91%E4%B8%BB%E5%85%9A%281901%E5%B9%B4%E7%B5%90%E6%88%90%29-1543674. ja:社会民主党（1901年結成）. 朝日新聞社Kotobank. 2020-06-26.
6. Kublin. Hyman. The Origins of Japanese Socialist Tradition. The Journal of Politics. 14. 2. 1952. 257–280. 0022-3816. 10.2307/2126522. 2126522. 154811958.