The Kaishintō () was a political party in Japan.
History The party was established on 8 February 1952 as a merger of the National Democratic Party and the Shinsei Club, together with most of the Farmers Cooperative Party's Diet members.Haruhiro Fukui (1985) Political parties of Asia and the Pacific, Greenwood Press, pp595–596 In May Mamoru Shigemitsu was elected party president. The party started out as a progressive conservative party that advocated for political and social reform along the lines of co-operativism and a "modified capitalism", but it took a nationalist turn and started to advocate for rearmament.Nipponica. Accessed 11 February, 2026.
Having started with 69 seats, the party won 85 in the 1952 general elections. In the 1953 elections it lost nine seats; it also won eight seats in the House of Councillors. In November 1954 it merged with the Liberal Party and a group of Diet members from the Liberal Party to form the Japan Democratic Party.
Election result House of Representatives Election Leader Votes % Seats +/– Position Status 1952 Mamoru Shigemitsu 6,429,450 18.19 new 2nd 1953 6,186,232 17.88 9
House of Councillors Election Leader Constituency Party list Seats Position Status Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Won Total 1953 Mamoru Shigemitsu 2,840,345 10.14 1,630,507 6.03 5th
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