Kyuichi Tokuda was a Japanese politician and first chairman of the Japanese Communist Party from 1945 until his death in 1953.
Tokuda c. 1952
Tokuda giving a May Day speech in 1946
The Japanese Communist Party is a communist party in Japan. Founded in 1922, it is the oldest political party in the country. It has 270,000 members as of 2020, making it one of the largest non-governing communist parties in the world. The party is chaired by Tomoko Tamura, who replaced longtime leader Kazuo Shii in January 2024.
JCP headquarters in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward
Prominent wartime JCP members from left to right: Kyuichi Tokuda, Sanzō Nosaka and Yoshio Shiga, c. 1945–1946
JCP headquarters in 1950
Kenji Miyamoto held the party's leadership position from 1958 to 1982.