Japan Proletarian Party

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Japan Proletarian Party
日本無産党
Nihon Musantō
Founder
Far-left

Japan Proletarian Party (日本無産党, Nihon Musantō) was a short-lived leftist

Shōwa period Japan
.

The Nihon Musantō was founded by

labor union movement.[1] Katō, its chairman, won a seat in the 1937 general election, but the party failed to create much popular support against the rising forces of militarism
and against the rising inflation in the Japanese economy.

In December 1937, its members were arrested in the Popular Front Incident, and the party was disbanded.

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