Editing Ichirō Hatoyama (section)

===Conflict with Yoshida===
At that time of Hatoyama's depurging his relationship with Yoshida had soured. Hatoyama believed Yoshida was involved in delaying his depurging. Furthermore, Yoshida had become a well established politician in his own right, and had no intention to step down in favour in Hatoyama as some people expected.{{sfn|Itoh|2003|pp=114-116}} In June, before his depurging, Hatoyama and Miki had considered creating a new party to challenge Yoshida, but the plan was scrapped after Hatoyama suffered a stroke.{{sfn|Itoh|2003|p=117}} Hatoyama and his faction ultimately joined Yoshida's  [[Liberal Party (Japan, 1950)|Liberal Party]].

In November 1954, Hatoyama formed the [[Japan Democratic Party]] by merging the non-mainstream factions of the Liberal Party with the [[Kaishintō]] under [[Mamoru Shigemitsu]], with Hatoyama as president, Shigemitsu as vice president, [[Nobusuke Kishi]] as secretary general and Miki as general council chairman.{{sfn|Itoh|2003|p=123}} Hatoyama cooperated with the socialists to oust Yoshida the following month, and Hatoyama was nominated to succeed him.{{sfn|Itoh|2003|p=124}}