Category
page 1Socialism in Japan
Japan Socialist Party
Japanese political party (1945-1996)
Tenkō
is a Japanese term referring to the coerced ideological conversions of Japanese socialists and communists who, between 1925 and 1945, were induced to renounce leftist ideologies and enthusiastically embrace the Emperor-centric, capitalist, and imperialist ideology favored by the state. Tenkō was typically performed under duress, most often in police custody, and was a condition for release (although surveillance and harassment would often continue thereafter). But it was also a broader phenomenon, a kind of cultural reorientation in the face of national crisis, that did not always involve dire
1968–69 Japanese university protests
protests in Japan by students belonging to the Japanese New Left
Sanrizuka Struggle
Japanese civil conflict over the construction of Narita Airport (1966-present)
Japanese New Left
Leftist factions that criticized the Japanese Communist Party's shift away from sole advocacy of violent revolution in July 1955 and continued to pursue the establishment of a communist society through violent means.
Kouzou Sasaki
Japanese socialist activist and politician
Saburō Eda
Japanese politician
Atarashiki-mura
is a Japanese utopian community founded by the author, artist and philosopher Saneatsu Mushanokōji, which has been approved as a foundation by the local government after its establishment.
Leftist Socialist Party of Japan
political party in Japan
Shinano River incident
1922 massacre of Korean labourers