Wataru Kaji
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Wataru Kaji was the nom de guerre for Mitsugi Seguchi, a Japanese writer, literary critic, and political activist.
Wataru Kaji in 1952
Yanshan Village. Kaji Wataru's former residence in the Hongkou district of Shanghai, before WW2.
Kaji and his wife in Hankow c. 1938
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Photo of Kaji (left of back row) Sachiko Ikeda (middle of front row) Teru Hasegawa (AKA Green River Eiko) (left of front row) and Feng Naichao [zh] (冯乃超) (right of front row)
Japanese Communist Party
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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
Wataru Kaji
…the legs for two hours every day for a month. He would eventually be released, but would continue to be arrested periodically. In 1932, he joined the Japanese Communist Party. In 1933, Kaji was arrested for the third time because his card was found among the effects of his best friend, Takiji Kobayashi, the celebrated writer…
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