Japanese Communist Party T-Shirt

July 15, 1922 The JCP was founded on this day. At the time Japan was under the despotic rule of the Tenno (Emperor) system. Internally the Japanese people were deprived of all democratic rights, while externally Japan took the path of wars of aggression against other Asian countries and expansion of colonial rule over them. Outlawed from the outset of its founding, the JCP suffered all kinds of oppression and persecution. It was the only political party in Japan that fought against the wars of aggression. Upholding the banner of freedom and human rights, the party fought for the liberation of Korea and Taiwan, colonies of Japanese imperialism, and for the full independence of other colonial and semi-colonial nations in Asia.