Japan. Timeline From Public Society of Patriots until Constitutional Politics Party 1874: Liberals founded the Public Society of Patriots (Aikoku Koto) 1881: The Aikoku Koto is continued by the Liberal Party (Jiyu-to) 1891: The Jiyuto is renamed into Constitutional Liberal Party (Rikken Jiyuto) 1898: The Constitutional Liberal Party merged with the ⇒ Progressive Party into the Constitutional Politics Party (Kenseito) 1898: A faction seceded as the ⇒ Constitutional Center Party 1900: The party is taken over by the oligarchy and renamed into Constitutional Political Friends Association (Rikken Seiyukai) From Constitutional Progressive Party to Reform Club 1882: The Constitutional Progressive Party (Rikken Kaishinto) is formed 1896: The party is continued by the Progressive Party (Shinpoto) 1898: The party merged into the Constitutional Politics Party (Kenseito) 1898: This party fell apart and a faction of the Kenseito formed the Authentic Constitutional Party (Kensei Honto), renamed in 1910 into the Constitutional National Party (Rikken Kokuminto) 1913: A faction seceded as the ⇒ Constitutional Association of Allies 1922: The Constitutional National Party is renamed Reform Club (Kakushin Kurabu) 1920s: The Reform Club merged into the Constitutional Association of Political Friendship From Constitutional Association of Allies to Constitutional Democratic Party 1913: A faction of the ⇒ Constitutional National Party formed the Constitutional Association of Allies (Rikken Doshikai), renamed Constitutional Association (Kenseikai) in 1916 1927: The Constitutional Association merged with the ⇒ Authentic Constitutional Party of Political Friendship into the Constitutional Democratic Party (Rikken Minseito) 1940: The party is dissolved by the military junta Authentic Constitutional Party of Political Friendship 1924: A faction of the Constitutional Association of Political Friendship formed the Authentic Constitutional Party of Political Friendship (Seiyu Honto) 1927: The party merged into the ⇒ Constitutional Democratic Party From Renewal Party to Liberal Party (1993) In postwar Japan, liberal (リベラル) tendencies did not stand out much among major political parties for more than 40 years. During the Japanese Empire, liberals, including the Constitutional Democratic Party, were swept away by several political parties. The center-right liberal-conservatives (自由保守主義) became the 'leftist faction' of the right-wing conservative Liberal Democratic Party, and the center-left progressive-liberals (革新自由主義) formed the 'rightist faction' within the left-wing Socialist Party. 1993: A liberal faction of the conservative Liberal Democratic Party (Jiyu-Minshuto) seceded as the Renewal Party (Shinseito) 1994: The Renewal Party merged with other factions into the New Frontier Party (Shinshinto) 1997: The New Frontier Party fell apart into many parties, among them