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is the daily organ of the Japanese Communist Party in the form of a national newspaper. Started in 1928, ''Akahata'' has a 16-page daily edition and a larger 36-page Sunday edition. ''Akahata'' has journalists based in the capitals of ten countries around the globe. They are Beijing, Berlin, Cairo, Hanoi, London, Mexico City, Moscow, New Delhi, Paris, and Washington, D.C.. Some of their journalism deals with activist politics, but they also do original reporting on a wide variety of political issues which are often untouched in Japan. Most Japanese newspapers public the names of alleged criminals, but ''Akahata'' often hide the name, unless it is an organized crime, or right wing related. They also go out of their way to avoid using polite terms for the Emperor of Japan; for example, the paper refers to the Emperor's Cup exclusively as "a Japanese soccer tournament". They refer to the Buraku Liberation League as the "Liberation" League, using scare quotes to convey their opposition to the group. ==History== The JCP published its first official newspaper, Red Flag, on February 1, 1928. It was planned to be published semimonthyly. The first 1,500 copies of the first issue were run off in mimeographed form. The Red Flag was originally a merger of Vanguard, The Proletariat, and Studies in Socialism which acted as semi-official organs of the party. The three publications would merge into the Red Flag in 1923. In April 1929, the Red Flag was suspended. The Red Flag resumed with issue No. 28 in July 15, 1929. The circulation of Red Flag increased from 200 copies in December 1928 to 600 in March 1929. From April 1932 it was published six times a month. The Red Flag's circulation had increased to 7,000 in by 1932.〔Tim, Rees, and Thorpe, Andrew. International Communism and the Communist International, 1919-43 Manchester University Press, 1998. pp 292〕 When hostilities broke out in Manchuria in 1931, the Red Flag responded. The Red Flag proclaimed: When the JCP was accused of being involved in the Omori Bank Robbery, The Red Flag responded. An issue of the Red Flag dated October 11, 1932 stated: When Hakamada Satomi became the sole central committee member in April 1934, his small group continued to publish and distribute the Red Flag. The last regular issue of the Red Flag was published on June 20, 1936. Eight mimeographed issues were published through August 1, 1936. In the first issue of Akahata published after World war II, Communist prisoners issued an "Appeal to the People" on October 10, 1945. In June 7, 1950, Douglas MacArthur ordered the government to purge 17 editors responsible for policies of Akahata, which MacArthur called "the mouthpiece for the most violent of lawless elements within the Communist Party." In June 7, 1950, MacArthur warned the Akahata may be closed or subjected to censorship if "it does not change its tune.". The Akahata did not comply. The Akahata declared it would carry on "against oppression" in June 12, 1950, however, the Akahata announced that it had financial troubles, and plead for "payment of bills and outstanding accounts.". On June 26, 1951 MacArthur ordered a 30 day suspension of the Akahata. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Shimbun Akahata」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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