Right Socialist Party of Japan

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History

Following the signing of the San Francisco Peace Treaty in 1951, the Japan Socialist Party dissolved into chaos and internal bickering between moderate reformist socialists and more radical revolutionary socialists over the issue of whether or not to support the Treaty. As a result of the JSP split, some of its members formed a more centrist social democratic party, while others formed a more radical socialist party. Both groups claimed the name Nihon Shakaitō (Template:Lang) but different English translations, and are known as the Left Socialist Party of Japan and the Right Socialist Party of Japan, respectively. On domestic policy, the Right Socialist Party was a centre-left social democratic party.

The left wing was in chaos between 1951 and 1955. In early 1955, the Left Socialists and the Right Socialists reconciled and merged to reform the JSP, months before the Liberal Democrat Party was created through the merger of the Liberal and Democrat parties. Even though the Right Socialist Party dissolved in 1955 when the JSP reunified, some members of the former Right Socialist Party broke off from the JSP in 1960 and created the Democratic Socialist Party. The Young Socialists, a newly formed youth organisation which retains full membership in the International Union of Socialist Youth, is said to be inherited from the political tradition of the Right Socialist Party.

Election results

House of Representatives

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position	Status
1952	Jōtarō Kawakami	4,108,274	11.63	Template:Composition bar	new	3rd	Template:No2
1953		4,677,833	13.52	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 9	4th	Template:No2
1955		5,129,594	13.86	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 1		Template:No2
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House of Councillors

Election	Leader	Constituency			Party list			Seats		Position	Status
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Won	Total
1953	Jōtarō Kawakami	2,952,803	10.54	Template:Composition bar	1,740,423	6.44	Template:Composition bar	Template:Composition bar	Template:Composition bar	4th	Template:No2

See also

• Democratic Socialist Party (Japan)
• Socialist Democratic Federation (Japan)
• List of political parties in Japan
• Politics of Japan
• Social Democratic Party (Japan)

References

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