The Japan Democratic Party (日本民主党, Nihon Minshutō) was a conservative[1] political party in Japan.
Existing from 1954 to 1955, the party was founded by Ichirō Hatoyama, former foreign minister Mamoru Shigemitsu and future Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi.
[1] The party was formed on 24 November 1954, by merging Ichiro Hatoyama's group which left the Liberal Party in 1953, and the Shigemitsu-led Kaishintō party.
On 15 November 1955, the Japan Democrats merged with the Liberals to form the modern Liberal Democratic Party.