Japanese Communist Party
Political party in Japan
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Summary
Japanese Communist Party is a communist party[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of communist party entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,140 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Japan[3]
- Instance of: political party[4], LGBTQ+ rights organization[5]
- Headquarters location: Sendagaya[6]
- Commons category: Japanese Communist Party[7]
- SRGB color hex triplet: FF0000[8]
- Chairperson: Tomoko Tamura[9]
- Inception: July 15, 1922[10]
- Significant event: Shiratori case[11], 大須事件[12], 菅生事件[13], 熱海事件[14]
- Official website: https://www.jcp.or.jp/[15], https://www.jcp.or.jp/english/[16]
- Topic's main category: Category:Japanese Communist Party[17]
- Political ideology: scientific socialism[18], anti-Anpo[19], pacifism[20], non-interventionism[21], progressivism[22], Republicanism[23], antimilitarism[24], democratic socialism[25]
- Political alignment: left-wing[26], far-left politics[27]
- Number of seats in assembly: 4[28]
- Topic has template: Q20691966[29]
- Legal form: political party[30]
- Has characteristic: democratic centralism[31]
- Native label: 日本共産党[32]
- Short name: PCJ[33], JCP[34]
- Owner of: Shimbun Akahata[35]
- Member count: 320,000[36], 36,000[37], 98,000[38], 152,000[39], 275,000[40], 283,000[41], 342,000[42], 380,000[43], 366,000[44], 434,000[45], 477,000[46], 469,000[47], 484,000[48], 464,000[49]
- Has list: list of members of the Japanese Communist Party[50]
- Position held by head of the organization: Executive Committee Chair of the Japanese Communist Party[51]
- Interested in: LGBT rights in Japan[52]
Why It Matters
Japanese Communist Party has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] It is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]