- Shakai Taishuto
nihongo|Socialist Masses Party|社会大衆党|Shakai Taishutō was a moderate leftist
political party in earlyShowa period Japan .The Shakai Taishutō was founded by
Abe Isoo in July 1932, as a merger of theShakai Minshuto with the ZenkokuRono Taishuto (National Labor-Farmer Masses Party). In a period of increasing extremism in politics, the new party attempted to maintain a middle-of-the road approach, which inevitably resulted in a confused policy.On one hand, it pushed for improvement in the lot of the farmers by cutting the military budget; on the other hand, it supported Japanese aggression in
Manchuria . It advocated increased international cooperation and opposed Japan's withdraw from theLeague of Nations , but at the same time supported the invasion of China in 1937.It was the only leftist party allowed to function in the 1930s, it grew increasing nationalistic and militaristic, but was absorbed into the
Imperial Rule Assistance Association in 1940.
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