National Socialist Party

Japanese: 国家社会党 - こっかしゃかいとう

A political party founded in 1905 by Yamaji Aizan, Shiba Sadakichi, Nakamura Taihachiro and others. It was founded after the Russo-Japanese War to counter the group that founded the Japan Socialist Party in response to the oppression of the Heiminsha. It claimed that "the nation of Great Japan is one in which the emperor and subjects are united by the affection between family and father and son, and the cause of communal living is carried out through the power of the state," and set goals such as compulsory education, protection of workers, and the adoption of urban social policies, but its claim of "protecting and developing industry" was strongly criticized by the Heiminsha magazine, Naoki. As the representative of the party, Yamaji, rejected class struggle in his "Shakaishugi Kanken" (A View of Socialism) and debated with Sakai Toshihiko, this was not a socialist party, but an organization whose goal was social reform through the thorough implementation of social policies.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1905年，山路愛山，斯波貞吉，中村太八郎らによって結成された政党。日露戦争後，平民社への弾圧を契機に日本社会党を結党したグループに対抗して創立された。〈大日本ノ国家ハ家人父子ノ情ヲ以テ君臣ヲ団結シ国家ノ権力ニ依リテ共同生活ノ大義ヲ遂行スルニ在リ〉と主張し，また義務教育，労働者の保護，都市社会政策の採用等の目標を掲げたが，〈産業の保護発達〉という主張は平民社の雑誌《直言》の強い批判を受けた。代表格の山路が《社会主義管見》の中で階級闘争を否定して堺利彦と論戦したように，それは社会主義政党ではなく社会政策の徹底化による社会改良を目標とした組織であった。

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