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was one of the main political parties
Political party

A political party is a political organization that seeks to attain and maintain politics power within government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns....
 in pre-war Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
. It was also known as simply the ‘Minseito’.

The Minseito was founded on 1 June 1927, by the merger of the former Kenseikai
Kenseikai

was a political party in Taisho period and early Showa period Japan.The Kenseikai was founded in October 1916, as a merger of the Rikken Doshikai, Chuseikai and the Koyu Kurabu....
 with the Seiyu Honto, under the leadership of Hamaguchi Osachi
Hamaguchi Osachi

was a Japanese politician and the 27th Prime Minister of Japan from 2 July 1929 to 14 April 1931. He was called the "Lion prime minister" due to his physical features....
. It viewed the Rikken Seiyukai
Rikken Seiyukai

was one of the main political party in pre-war Japan. It was also known simply as the ?Seiyukai'Founded on September 15, 1900 by Ito Hirobumi , the Seiyukai was a pro-government alliance of bureaucrats and former members of the Kenseito....
 as its main rival.

In the 1928 election, the Minseito won 216 of the 464 seats in the lower house of Diet of Japan
Diet of Japan

The is Japan's bicameral legislature. It is composed of a lower house, called the House of Representatives of Japan, and an upper house, called the House of Councillors....
, thus becoming the single most important party. Hamaguchi became Prime Minister of Japan
Prime Minister of Japan

The is the usual English-language term used for the head of government of Japan, although the literal translation of the Japanese name for the office is Prime Minister of the Cabinet....
 in 1929, and in the 1930 election, the party expanded its lead to 273 seats, thus obtaining an absolute majority.






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was one of the main political parties
Political party

A political party is a political organization that seeks to attain and maintain politics power within government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns....
 in pre-war Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
. It was also known as simply the ‘Minseito’.

The Minseito was founded on 1 June 1927, by the merger of the former Kenseikai
Kenseikai

was a political party in Taisho period and early Showa period Japan.The Kenseikai was founded in October 1916, as a merger of the Rikken Doshikai, Chuseikai and the Koyu Kurabu....
 with the Seiyu Honto, under the leadership of Hamaguchi Osachi
Hamaguchi Osachi

was a Japanese politician and the 27th Prime Minister of Japan from 2 July 1929 to 14 April 1931. He was called the "Lion prime minister" due to his physical features....
. It viewed the Rikken Seiyukai
Rikken Seiyukai

was one of the main political party in pre-war Japan. It was also known simply as the ?Seiyukai'Founded on September 15, 1900 by Ito Hirobumi , the Seiyukai was a pro-government alliance of bureaucrats and former members of the Kenseito....
 as its main rival.

In the 1928 election, the Minseito won 216 of the 464 seats in the lower house of Diet of Japan
Diet of Japan

The is Japan's bicameral legislature. It is composed of a lower house, called the House of Representatives of Japan, and an upper house, called the House of Councillors....
, thus becoming the single most important party. Hamaguchi became Prime Minister of Japan
Prime Minister of Japan

The is the usual English-language term used for the head of government of Japan, although the literal translation of the Japanese name for the office is Prime Minister of the Cabinet....
 in 1929, and in the 1930 election, the party expanded its lead to 273 seats, thus obtaining an absolute majority. During its tenure, it advocated fiscal restraint, a conciliatory foreign policy, and ratified the London Naval Agreement of 1930. However, after Hamaguchi was assassinated by a right-wing fanatic in 1930, second party president Shidehara Kijuro was unable to maintain the party momentum.

Hamaguchi's successor, Prime Minister Wakatsuki Reijiro
Wakatsuki Reijiro

Baron , was a Japanese politician and the 25th and 28th Prime Minister of Japan. Parliamentary Opposition politicians of the time derogatorily labeled him Usotsuki Reijiro, or "Reijiro the Liar"....
 was unable to control the military or to prevent the Manchurian Incident, and his government collapsed in 1931.

The Minseito lost its majority in Diet in the 1932 elections. It was able to recover its majority in the 1936 and 1937 elections only by adopting a more pro-military stance.

On 15 August 1940 the Minseito voted to dissolve itself into the Imperial Rule Assistance Association as part of Fumimaro Konoe
Fumimaro Konoe

Prince Fumimaro Konoe was a Japanese politician and the 34th , 38th and 39th Prime Minister of Japan....
's efforts to create a single-party state
Single-party state

A single-party state, one-party system or single-party system is a type of party system government in which a single political party forms the government and no other parties are permitted to run candidates for election....
, and thereafter ceased to exist.