Japan Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist)
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Japan Communist Party (in Japanese
: 日本共産党 (マルクス・レーニン主義), Nihon Kyôsantô (Marukusu-Rêninshugisha)) was a communist party
in Japan
. The party was formed in July 1974, through the merger of the Japan Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist) Yamaguchi Prefucture Commission and the Reconstruction Preparation Committee of the Japan Communist Party.
In June 1999, JCP(ML) merged with the Communist League (Red Flag Faction), forming the Workers Communist Party
Japanese language
is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...
: 日本共産党 (マルクス・レーニン主義), Nihon Kyôsantô (Marukusu-Rêninshugisha)) was a communist party
Communist party
A political party described as a Communist party includes those that advocate the application of the social principles of communism through a communist form of government...
in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. The party was formed in July 1974, through the merger of the Japan Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist) Yamaguchi Prefucture Commission and the Reconstruction Preparation Committee of the Japan Communist Party.
In June 1999, JCP(ML) merged with the Communist League (Red Flag Faction), forming the Workers Communist Party