Japanese Communist Party
Videos
The Japanese Communist Party is a major political party in Japan. Founded in 1922, it is the oldest active political party in the country. It had 250,000 members as of January 2024, making it one of t
Prominent wartime JCP members from left to right: Kyuichi Tokuda, Sanzō Nosaka and Yoshio Shiga, c. 1945–1946
Shōichi Kasuga
Ritsu Ito
Release of Japanese Communist Party members from prison, 1945
Early general elections were held in Japan on 8 February 2026 in all constituencies, including proportional blocks, to elect all 465 seats of the House of Representatives, the lower house of the Natio
Japanese Communist Party
…130 10 / 465 2 2.2% 6th 2,639,631 4.59% 4,166,076 7.25% Opposition 2024 Tomoko Tamura 236 8 / 465 2 1.7% 7th 3,695,807 6.81% 3,362,966 6.16% Opposition 2026 176 4 / 465 4 0.9% 7th 2,283,885 4.05% 2,519,807 4.40% Opposition House of Councillors Elections to the House of Councillors are staggered. Every three…
Sanae Takaichi portrait
Hirofumi Yoshimura and Fumitake Fujita
Yuichiro Tamaki 20251112
Takahiro Anno 2024 7 6