Kyushu Minkento Party

…In 1919, he organized steelworkers in Yawata into the Japan Labor Friendship Association, and the following year led a major strike famous for "The Furnace Fires Have Got Out." He was arrested, and after his release from prison, he became a powerful leader in the Kitakyushu labor movement. In 1925, he formed the Kyushu Minkento, a local proletarian party, and was elected as a member of the Diet in the first general election in 1928. In 1930, he ran as a member of the Japan Taishuto Party and was elected again. However, in 1932, he ran as a member of the National Labor-Farmer Taishuto Party but lost. …

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the Kyushu Minken Party is listed below.

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…1919年八幡で製鉄所職工を日本労友会に組織し，翌年〈溶鉱炉の火は消えたり〉で有名な大ストライキを指導，検挙され，出獄後北九州労働運動の有力な指導者となった。25年地方無産政党，九州民憲党を結成，28年第1回普選で代議士に当選，30年にも日本大衆党から出て当選した。しかし，32年には全国労農大衆党から立候補して落選。…

※「九州民憲党」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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