President SHIGEMITSU Mamoru of Japan Reform Party at Party meeting (June 1952). From "Gurafikku Kara Showashi vol.11"

On 8 February 1952 (Showa 27), the Japan Reform Party was formed through the integration of the People's Democratic Party, the Shinsei Kurabu and the Nomin Kyodo To. At a meeting to inaugurate the new party, the post of President was made vacant. (SHIGEMITSU Mamoru was elected President at an extraordinary meeting of the party on 13 June.) Declaring itself as a party to counter the Liberal Party, the Japan Reform Party released a set of policies, including ensuring Japan's independence and self-defense, fostering the public spirit so as not to tilt toward either far left or far right, and implementing progressive reform and socialistic policy measures.