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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Predicate Object
instanceOf communist party
left-wing party
political party
country Japan
electoralSystemContext multi-party system in Japan
founded 1922-07-15
hasAbbreviation JCP NERFINISHED
hasMembershipType individual membership
hasPublication Shimbun Akahata NERFINISHED
hasWing youth wing
headquartersLocation Sendagaya, Shibuya, Tokyo
Tokyo NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod postwar Japan
ideology communism
constitutionalism
democratic socialism
pacifism
socialism
influencedBy Leninism NERFINISHED
Marxism NERFINISHED
languageOfName Japanese
legalized post-World War II period
legalStatus legal political party
nativeName 日本共産党 NERFINISHED
opposes nuclear power
nuclear weapons
revision of Article 9 of the Constitution of Japan
participatesIn House of Councillors of Japan NERFINISHED
House of Representatives of Japan NERFINISHED
National Diet of Japan
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 NERFINISHED
civil liberties
constitutional democracy
environmental protection
gender equality
pacifism
parliamentary democracy
progressive taxation
social welfare expansion
workers' rights
wasPersecutedDuring World War II in Japan
prewar Japan
youthWing Democratic Youth League of Japan

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Comintern
memberOrganization
Peace Preservation Law of 1925 ("Japan Communist Party")
targetedGroup

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