Shimbun Akahata

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Shimbun Akahata
Type Daily newspaper
Format

Owner Japanese Communist Party
Founded February 1, 1928
Political allegiance Communist
Language Japanese
Price 100
Headquarters
Circulation 1,680,000

Website: Akahata (Japanese)
Shimbun Akahata headquarters in Sendagaya, Tokyo
Shimbun Akahata headquarters in Sendagaya, Tokyo

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Akahata (しんぶん赤旗 Shimbun Akahata lit. newspaper red flag) 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..

See also: Japanese media

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