The Imperial Rule Assistance Association (Japanese: 大政翼贊會/たいせいよくさんかい, Taisei Yokusankai), is the ruling party of the Empire of Japan. The party was created by former Prime Minister Konoe Fumimaro in order to establish a totalitarian one-party state and promote the goals of the "New Order Movement" (新体制運動/しんたいせいうんどう).
It is split between several factions:
- Home Ministry Clique (内務系, Naimukei): Led by Funada Naka, this group of former Home Ministry bureaucrats is dedicated to law and order and bureaucratic dominance.
- Broad Pond Society (宏池会, Kōchikai): Led by Ikeda Hayato, a clique of technocrats who want to reform Japan from the ground up.
- Union of Imperial Rule Assistance Legislators (翼贊議員同盟, Yokusan Giin Dōmei): Led by Kawashima Shōjirō, these opportunistic legislators want to ensure that the corporatist system, from which they benefit, survives at all costs.