Japanese Communist Party

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The Japanese Communist Party is a major left-wing political party in Japan that advocates socialism, pacifism, and constitutional democracy, and has played a significant role in the country’s postwar political landscape.

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instanceOf communist party
left-wing party
political party
country Japan
electoralSystemContext multi-party system in Japan
founded 1922-07-15
hasAbbreviation JCP
hasMembershipType individual membership
hasPublication Shimbun Akahata
hasWing youth wing
headquartersLocation Sendagaya, Shibuya, Tokyo
Tokyo
historicalPeriod postwar Japan
ideology communism
constitutionalism
democratic socialism
pacifism
socialism
influencedBy Leninism
Marxism
languageOfName Japanese
legalized post-World War II period
legalStatus legal political party
nativeName 日本共産党
opposes nuclear power
nuclear weapons
revision of Article 9 of the Constitution of Japan
participatesIn House of Councillors of Japan
House of Representatives of Japan
National Diet of Japan
linked to: National Diet

local elections in Japan
partyColor red
politicalPosition far-left
left-wing
publicationType party newspaper
rejects Soviet-style authoritarianism
Stalinism
roleInPolitics opposition party in Japan
shortName JCP
supports Article 9 of the Constitution of Japan
civil liberties
constitutional democracy
environmental protection
gender equality
pacifism
parliamentary democracy
progressive taxation
social welfare expansion
workers' rights
wasPersecutedDuring World War II in Japan
linked to: Pacific War

prewar Japan
youthWing Democratic Youth League of Japan

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Comintern memberOrganization Japanese Communist Party
Peace Preservation Law of 1925 targetedGroup Japan Communist Party
linked to: Japanese Communist Party
Japanese Communist Party nativeName 日本共産党
linked to: Japanese Communist Party
Osaka Metropolis plan advocacy opposedBy Japanese Communist Party
Public Security Preservation Law targetedGroup Japan Communist Party
linked to: Japanese Communist Party
National politics of Japan majorParty Japanese Communist Party