| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner | Japanese Communist Party |
| Founded | February 1, 1928 |
| Political alignment | Communist |
| Language | Japanese |
| Circulation | 1,680,000 |
| Official website | Akahata (Japanese) |
Shimbun Akahata (しんぶん赤旗 Shinbun 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: List of newspapers in Japan and Japanese media.
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