• Liberal Party of Japan (1881)
  Liberal Party of Japan (1881)
  The is the name of several liberal political parties in the history of Japan, two of which existed in the Empire of Japan prior to 1945.-Liberal Party of 1881:...
  
  , founded by Itagaki Taisuke
  Itagaki Taisuke
  Count was a Japanese politician and leader of the , which evolved into Japan's first political party.- Early life :Itagaki Taisuke was born into a middle-ranking samurai family in Tosa Domain, , After studies in Kōchi and in Edo, he was appointed as sobayonin to Tosa daimyo Yamauchi Toyoshige,...
  
   in October 1881. The party stood for popular rights and espoused the philosophy of Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer of 18th-century Romanticism. His political philosophy influenced the French Revolution as well as the overall development of modern political, sociological and educational thought.His novel Émile: or, On Education is a treatise...
  
  . The main objective of the party in the beginning was the establishment of a constitution. The party was an offspring of the Aikokusha
  Aikokusha
  The ' was a political party in Meiji period Japan.The Aikokusha was formed in February 1875 by Itagaki Taisuke, as part a liberal political federation to associate his Risshisha with the Freedom and People's Rights Movement...
  
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• Liberal Party (1890), founded in 1890, which became the Liberal Constitution Party later that year.
• Liberal Party (1891-1898), formed from the Liberal Constitution Party in 1891, merged with the Shinpotō into the Kenseitō
  Kenseito
  The was a political party in the Meiji period Empire of Japan.The Kenseitō was founded in June 1898, as a merger of the Shimpotō headed by Ōkuma Shigenobu and the Jiyūtō led by Itagaki Taisuke, with Ōkuma as party president. The merger gave the new party an overwhelming majority in the Lower House...
  
   in 1898
• Liberal Party (1945-1955), founded by Ichirō Hatoyama
  Ichiro Hatoyama
  was a Japanese politician and the 52nd, 53rd and 54th Prime Minister of Japan, serving terms from December 10, 1954 through March 19, 1955, from then to November 22, 1955, and from then through December 23, 1956.-Personal life:...
  
   in 1945. In 1946, Shigeru Yoshida
  Shigeru Yoshida
  , KCVO was a Japanese diplomat and politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1946 to 1947 and from 1948 to 1954.-Early life:...
  
   formed the first Liberal cabinet after Hatoyama purged. In 1955, the party merged with the Japan Democratic Party
  Japan Democratic Party (1954)
  Japan Democratic Party was a short-living right-wing political party in Japan 1954–1955, led by Ichirō Hatoyama. Its leaders included former foreign minister Mamoru Shigemitsu and future Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi. The party was formed on November 24, 1954, by merging Ichiro Hatoyama's group...
  
   to form the Liberal Democratic Party
  Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
  The , frequently abbreviated to LDP or , is a centre-right political party in Japan. It is one of the most consistently successful political parties in the democratic world. The LDP ruled almost continuously for nearly 54 years from its founding in 1955 until its defeat in the 2009 election...
  
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• Liberal Party (April 1994-December 1994), the leader was Koji Kakizawa
  Koji Kakizawa
  was a Japanese politician who served as Japan's Minister for Foreign Affairs in 1994. After his death, he had been conferred as Junior Third Rank, Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun....
  
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• Liberal Party (1998-2003)
  Liberal Party (Japan, 1998)
  The was a Japanese liberal party formed in 1998 by Ichirō Ozawa and Hirohisa Fujii. It is now defunct, having joined the Democratic Party of Japan in 2003....
  
  , founded in 1998 from the remnants of the Shinshinto. It merged with the Democratic Party of Japan
  Democratic Party of Japan
  The is a political party in Japan founded in 1998 by the merger of several opposition parties. Its socially liberal platform is generally considered center-left in the Japanese political spectrum...
  
   in 2003.

Other political organizations

• Liberal Party (1989), the main member is .