Pre-Election of 1873
National Liberal Party
Prime Ministerial Candidate: Ōshiro Kazuki
Competing Nationally
Policies: Free Trade/Interventionism/Jingoism/Pluralism/Limited Citizenship
((No Speech))
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Unity and Honor
Prime Ministerial Candidate: Uesugi Narinori
Competing Nationally
Policies: Laissez Faire | Protectionism | Pacifism | Moralism | Residency
Cultural Traditionalism, Monarchism, and Pacifism is the focus of the Unity and Honor Campaign
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Loyalist Association
Prime Ministerial Candidate: Sakamoto Naotari
Competing in Kansai, Shikoku and Kanto
Polices: Protectionism/State Capitalism/Pluralism/Limited Citizenship/Pro-Military
((No Speech))
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The Kamikaze Party
Prime Ministerial Candidate: Nishimura Hiroshi
Competing in Kansai ((Joint Ticket with the Nat-Libs))
Policies: Free Trade/Laissez Faire/Pluralism/Residency/Jingoism
"Japanese!
We are facing another election, one that will deal with serious issues. Our proud nation shall not let the Korean treason slide! We continue to run in this election in a alliance with the National-Liberals - An alliance which proved most useful in increasing the prosperity of Japan. The next ministry will be challenge with difficult challenges - including handling proper reaction to the Korean treason, and continuing the policies of free trade which enable our industry to flourish.
For the glory and prosperity of Japan - vote Kamikaze!
天皇陛下万歳 Long Live the Emperor!"
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Radical Progress Party
Prime Ministerial Candidate: Takuma Kokuta
Competing in Kyushu
Policies: State Capitalism | Protectionism | Pacifism | Secularism | Full Citizenship
"To the People of Japan.
It has been a decade after the Imperialist Forces defeated the Shogunate forces at Edo, ending the Boshin War. The Imperials, lead by Date Munenari, promised to end the obstruction of progress, freedom, and prosperity by the corrupted Shogun and his Rōjū, yet in this decade the progress they have encouraged only benefited those, having learned nothing of the Boshin War, who seek to end their fellow man [...] yet in this decade the ancient right of freedom, the right to walk your own path, a right given to all who walk this earth, has only been returned to the commanders who send thousands of Japanese into a death as useless as it was tragic [...] yet in this decade the prosperity brought to us by a government not fearing the path of progress Japan was destined to walk has only benefited those former commanders and lords, famed for their inability to learn from decades of past mistakes, who now control a government, no a clique, fearing not the path of progress, but the people who brought them to power, on whose backs their decadence can prosper.
People of Japan, your legendary honor and sense of duty is famed across the globe, you have already risen in one life time to destroy a decadent and corrupt system obstructing progress, freedom, and prosperity, is it not your duty to your village, to your family and your honor to rise up once again against a corrupt clique? For never can there be true progress, when Date and his clique put death of their fellow man above a better life of their countrymen [...] for never there can be true freedom, when Date and his clique derive all power from a bourgeoisie sickened with lack of morals and an abundance of greed [...] for never there can be true prosperity, when Date and his clique see prosperity of the people not as a goal, but as a means to secure even more power. For it are not men like Date Munenari who destroyed the Shogunate, it are not men like Date Munenari who can bring progress, prosperity and freedom to Japan, it is us! Thus, People of Japan, rise up once again, armed with honor, sense of duty and the new world in your heart and mind,Tame noShinchoku, Jiyū to Han'ei!"
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