Shimbun Akahata
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | Japanese Communist Party |
| Founded | February 1, 1928 |
| Political alignment | Communist |
| Language | Japanese |
| Circulation | 1,680,000 |
| 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..
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 keep the names of alleged criminals private until they are convicted, but Akahata often publicizes the names if the suspects belong to non-Communist political parties. 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.
See also
- List of newspapers in Japan
- Japanese media
External links
- Shimbun Akahata (Japanese)
- Japan Press Weekly
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