The was a conservative political party in Japan. Existing from 1954 to 1955, the party was founded by Ichirà  Hatoyama, former foreign minister Mamoru Shigemitsu and future Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi. 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 Kaishintà  party. On 15 November 1955, the Japan Democrats merged with the Liberals to form the modern Liberal Democratic Party.