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Politicians pay tribute to the late JCP leader Kenji Miyamoto

TOKYO, Japan - Representatives of major political parties in Japan pay tribute to the late Japanese Communist Party leader Kenji Miyamoto at a memorial service held in Tokyo on Aug. 6. From L to R: JCP chairman Kazuo Shii, House of Representatives Speaker Yohei Kono, former JCP Chairman Tetsuzo Fuwa, Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Hidenao Nakagawa (two persons away from Fuwa), Democratic Party of Japan Secretary General Yukio Hatoyama and New Komeito deputy leader Chikara Sakaguchi.

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JCP's Akamine reiterates opposition to base transfer

NAHA, Japan - Japanese Communist Party's Seiken Akamine meets with reporters at his home in Naha, the capital of the southernmost prefecture of Okinawa, on Dec. 15, 2014, a day after winning his seat in the Okinawa No. 1 constituency in the general election. He reiterated his opposition to the planned relocation of a major U.S. base within the island prefecture.

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JCP fares well in lower house election

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Communist Party leader Kazuo Shii (R) smiles as he receives the results of the lower house election at the party's headquarters in Tokyo's Sendagaya district on the night of Dec. 14, 2014. The JCP is expected to increase its seats substantially in the election, according to Kyodo News exit polls and projections.

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JCP's Akamine wins in Okinawa No. 1 constituency

NAHA, Japan - Seiken Akamine, a candidate of the Japanese Communist Party in the lower house election, shakes hands with supporters in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture on the night of Dec. 14, 2014, after being elected in the Okinawa No. 1 constituency. Akamine drew wide support from voters by opposing the central government's plan to relocate a major U.S. military base in the southwestern prefecture.

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Election campaign begins with focus on "Abenomics"

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Communist Party chief Kazuo Shii kicks off his party's campaign for the Dec. 14 general election in Tokyo's busy Shinjuku district on Dec. 2, 2014. Opposition parties, including the JCP, are pushing alternatives to "Abenomics," the economic policy package of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, which they say has widened the gap between haves and have-nots.

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JCP vows to cancel consumption tax hike to 10%

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Communist Party chief Kazuo Shii announces a set of campaign pledges for the Dec. 14 lower house election at the party headquarters in Tokyo on Nov. 26, 2014. The JCP promises to "cancel" another consumption tax hike in 2017 and seek other ways to secure funds for social security.

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JCP chief Shii speaks at Korea University

SEOUL, South Korea - Kazuo Shii, chairman of the executive committee of the Japanese Communist Party, delivers a speech at Korea University in Seoul on Oct. 27, 2014.

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Japan upper house election

TOKYO, Japan - Opposition Japanese Communist Party leader Kazuo Shii answers reporters' questions on the House of Councillors election at the JCP's headquarters in Tokyo on July 21, 2013.

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Tokyo gubernatorial race

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Koike (R), former upper house lawmaker of the Japanese Communist Party, 50, waves to his supporters, with JCP chief Kazuo Shii standing next to him, in Tokyo on March 24, 2011, as Koike kicked off campaigning for the April 10 election to choose the capital's governor. Koike is among several high-profile candidates challenging 78-year-old incumbent Shintaro Ishihara.

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Japanese Communist Party head backs U.S. base removal

WASHINGTON, United States - Japanese Communist Party leader Kazuo Shii gives a speech in Washington on May 7, 2010. Shii, the first JCP chief to visit the United States, also met with a U.S. State Department official the same day, calling for the unconditional removal of the controversial U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in Okinawa Prefecture.

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JCP head Shii asks voters for support in general election

FUNABASHI, Japan - Japanese Communist Party leader Kazuo Shii gives a stump speech near JR Funabashi Station in Chiba Prefecture on Aug. 29, 2009, making a final plea for voter support in the Aug. 30 House of Representatives election. Shii, who heads the minor opposition party, is among candidates seeking reelection as a lower house member.

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JCP ready to work with DPJ, but not OK with all DPJ pledges

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Communist Party leader Kazuo Shii holds up the party's manifesto for the Aug. 30 general election during a press conference at the JCP's headquarters in Tokyo on July 28.

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Fuwa quits as JCP's Central Committee chairman

ATAMI, Japan - Tetsuzo Fuwa, the opposition Japanese Communist Party's top executive, says he will quit as chairman of the Central Committee due to old age at the close of the party's 24th convention in Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Jan. 14.

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Fuwa quits as JCP's Central Committee chairman

ATAMI, Japan - Tetsuzo Fuwa (R, front), 75, the opposition Japanese Communist Party's top executive, says Jan. 14 he will quit as chairman of the Central Committee due to old age. His withdrawal was approved at the close of the party's four-day convention in Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, the same day.

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JCP put up 'good, brave fight' in general election, Shii says

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese Communist Party leader, Kazuo Shii, said at the opening of the party's Central Executive Committee general meeting on Oct. 10 that his party had put up ''a good fight'' in the Sept. 11 general election in the face of the popularity of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.

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JCP lawmaker to quit party post for failure to pay pension premiums

TOKYO, Japan - Hidekatsu Yoshii (fore), a senior House of Representatives member of the Japanese Communist Party, walks out after giving a press conference in the Diet building May 6. He admitted that he has not paid pension premiums for more than 15 years and will quit the post of vice chairman of the Diet affairs committee in the party's lower house caucus.

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JCP drops 'revolutionary' platform

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuo Shii, chairman of the Japanese Communist Party's (JCP) Executive Committee, speaks Jan. 17 at a party convention in Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture. The JCP adopted a new platform, dropping its aim to bring about a ''socialist revolution'' in Japan.

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JCP starts 'historic' convention to revise platform

ATAMI, Japan - Tetsuzo Fuwa, chairman of the Japanese Communist Party (JCP), addresses a party convention held in Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Jan. 13. What JCP calls a ''historic'' convention is aimed to revise its 43-year-old platform to formally transform itself from a revolutionary party.

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JCP suffers setback in general election

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuo Shii (L), head of the Japanese Communist Party's Executive Committee, speaks at a press conference at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Nov. 6 after the JCP was certain to suffer a setback in the day's general election for the House of Representatives.

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China's Li meets JCP leaders

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing (R) meets with Tetsuzo Fuwa (2nd from L), chairman of the Japanese Communist Party (JCP) Central Committee, and Kazuo Shii (L), chairman of the party's Presidium, at party headquarters in Tokyo on Aug. 11.

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Former Osaka Gov. Kuroda dies at 92

OSAKA, Japan - Former Osaka Gov. Ryoichi Kuroda died of pneumonia at his home in Osaka on July 24, his family said July 28. He was 92. Kuroda in 1975 became the first prefectural chief reelected with backing only from the Japanese Communist Party (JCP). He was viewed as a reform-minded governor.

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(2)JCP policy chief Fudesaka quits over sexual harassment

TOKYO, Japan - Tadayoshi Ichida, head of the Japanese Communist Party Secretariat, speaks to reporters in the Diet in Tokyo on June 24 about the resignation of JCP policy chief Hideyo Fudesaka. Fudesaka resigned from the House of Councillors to take responsibility for a sexual harassment scandal.

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(1)JCP policy chief Fudesaka quits over sexual harassment

TOKYO, Japan - Hideyo Fudesaka (file photo), policy chief of the Japanese Communist Party (JCP), submitted a letter of resignation to House of Councillors President Hiroyuki Kurata on June 24 to take responsibility for a sexual harassment scandal.

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JCP to challenge Ishihara in Tokyo gubernatorial race+

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshiharu Wakabayashi (R), chairman of the Japanese Communist Party's Tokyo branch, speaks at a news conference Feb. 21 on his decision to run in the April 13 Tokyo gubernatorial election, flanked by Kazuo Shii, chairman of the party's Central Committee Presidium.

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Communist Party chief Fuwa not to run in general election

TOKYO, Japan - Tetsuzo Fuwa, chairman of the Japanese Communist Party's (JCP) Central Committee, tells reporters at the Diet building in Tokyo on Feb. 14 that he will not run in the next general election. Fuwa, however, retains the party's top post.

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Communist Party chief Fuwa to retire from politics

TOKYO, Japan - Tetsuzo Fuwa (file photo), chairman of the Japanese Communist Party's (JCP) Central Committee, will not be running in the next general election, the party announced Feb. 14. The announcement suggests Fuwa, 73, will effectively retire from politics, party sources said.

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JCP's Fuwa meets with President Jiang

BEIJING, China - Tetsuzo Fuwa (L), chairman of the Central Committee of the Japanese Communist Party (JCP), shake hands with Chinese President Jiang Zemin at the start of their meeting in Beijing on Aug. 28.

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Miyazawa cabinet spent 140 mil. yen in secret funds: JCP

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuo Shii, leader of the Japanese Communist Party (JCP), hold up documents he claims are cabinet secret funds accounting records at a news conference April 12 in Tokyo. Shii said a concerned party furnished the records.

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JCP's Shii stumps at Tokyo's Ikebukuro

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Communist Party leader Kazuo Shii speaks at Tokyo's Ikebukuro Station on June 15 during official campaigning for the Tokyo metropolitan assembly election that kicked off the same day.

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Opposition leaders agree on no-confidence motion against Mori

TOKYO, Japan - The leaders of four opposition parties -- the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), the Liberal Party (LP), the Japanese Communist Party (JCP) and the Social Democratic Party (SDP) -- meet the press Nov. 18 after agreeing on a no-confidence motion against the cabinet of Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori. The SDP's Takako Doi (L), LP's Ichiro Ozawa (2nd from L), DPJ's Yukio Hatoyama (2nd from R) and JCP's Tetsuzo Fuwa (R) agreed to submit the motion to the Diet on Nov. 20.

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3 coded letters written by ex-JCP head Nosaka unearthed

TOKYO, Japan - Three coded letters written by Sanzo Nosaka, a controversial Japanese Communist Party leader who was later expelled by his party and died seven years ago at age 101, shed light on his underground life in the United States after he sneaked into the country in 1934. The photo shows copies of the letters, translated into German, which were sent by Nosaka from New York to his Comintern handlers in Moscow in 1934 and now preserved at Russia's National Archives. The letters prove that Nosaka did more than produce antiwar propaganda during his four-year stay in the U.S., as generally believed by Japanese historians.

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New facts emerge in Moscow on ex-JCP chief Nosaka

TOKYO, Japan - Three newly unearthed coded letters written by Sanzo Nosaka (file photo), a controversial Japanese Communist Party leader who was later expelled by his party and died seven years ago at age 101, shed light on his underground life in the United States after he sneaked into the country in 1934 as an agent for Comintern -- the international communist organization headed by Soviet ruler Joseph Stalin.

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Zhu meets JCP leader Fuwa

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji (R) shakes hands with Tetsuzo Fuwa, chairman of the Japanese Communist Party (JCP) Presidium, before their talks at the State Guesthouse in Tokyo on Oct. 15. Zhu arrived in Tokyo on Oct. 12 for a six-day official visit to Japan.

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JCP chief meets the press

Tetsuzo Fuwa (L), chairman of the Japan Communist Party, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Thursday June 11 on the agreement his party reached with the Chinese Communist Party to restore their ties severed 31 years ago. Fuwa said he will visit Beijing for a meeting with President Jiang Zemin in late July or early August. Seated at right is Kazuo Shii, chief of the party's secretariat.

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Miyazawa cabinet spent 140 mil. yen in secret funds: JCP

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuo Shii, leader of the Japanese Communist Party (JCP), hold up documents he claims are cabinet secret funds accounting records at a news conference April 12 in Tokyo. Shii said a concerned party furnished the records.

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Politicians pay tribute to the late JCP leader Kenji Miyamoto

TOKYO, Japan - Representatives of major political parties in Japan pay tribute to the late Japanese Communist Party leader Kenji Miyamoto at a memorial service held in Tokyo on Aug. 6. From L to R: JCP chairman Kazuo Shii, House of Representatives Speaker Yohei Kono, former JCP Chairman Tetsuzo Fuwa, Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Hidenao Nakagawa (two persons away from Fuwa), Democratic Party of Japan Secretary General Yukio Hatoyama and New Komeito deputy leader Chikara Sakaguchi. (Kyodo)

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JCP's Fuwa meets with President Jiang

BEIJING, China - Tetsuzo Fuwa (L), chairman of the Central Committee of the Japanese Communist Party (JCP), shake hands with Chinese President Jiang Zemin at the start of their meeting in Beijing on Aug. 28. (Kyodo)

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China, Japan communists begin ta

Leaders of the Japanese and Chinese Communist parties shake hands in Beijing on June 6 before resuming talks for the first time in 13 years to normalize their relations, which were cut more than 30 years ago. The JCP's International Department chief Hikaru Nishiguchi is at left and Dai Binggou, the CCP's head of the International Liaison Department, is at right. ==Kyodo

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(1)JCP policy chief Fudesaka quits over sexual harassment

TOKYO, Japan - Hideyo Fudesaka (file photo), policy chief of the Japanese Communist Party (JCP), submitted a letter of resignation to House of Councillors President Hiroyuki Kurata on June 24 to take responsibility for a sexual harassment scandal. (Kyodo)

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JCP put up 'good, brave fight' in general election, Shii says

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese Communist Party leader, Kazuo Shii, said at the opening of the party's Central Executive Committee general meeting on Oct. 10 that his party had put up ''a good fight'' in the Sept. 11 general election in the face of the popularity of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. (Kyodo)

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JCP chief Shii at press conference

Japanese Communist Party chief Kazuo Shii attends a press conference in Tokyo on July 10, 2016, following voting in the upper house election. On an unprecedented electoral alliance among opposition parties, Shii said, "I think it produced results as a first attempt. We hope to develop it." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JCP policy chief quits for calling defense outlay "budget to kill"

Japanese Communist Party policy commission chairman Yasufumi Fujino (front) announces at a press conference in Tokyo on June 28, 2016, that he will resign from the post for calling Japan's defense spending a "budget to kill people." His remarks have drawn criticism. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JCP policy chief quits for calling defense outlay "budget to kill"

Japanese Communist Party policy commission chairman Yasufumi Fujino announces at a press conference in Tokyo on June 28, 2016, that he will resign from the post for calling Japan's defense spending a "budget to kill people." His remarks have drawn criticism. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JCP policy chief quits for calling defense outlay "budget to kill"

Japanese Communist Party policy commission chairman Yasufumi Fujino (L) announces at a press conference in Tokyo on June 28, 2016, that he will resign from the post for calling Japan's defense spending a "budget to kill people." His remarks have drawn criticism. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JCP not to field candidates in some constituencies

Japanese Communist Party leader Kazuo Shii announces at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 22, 2016, that his party will cooperate with other opposition parties in the House of Councillors election in the summer with aim of scrapping the government's controversial security legislation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JCP not to field candidates in some constituencies

Japanese Communist Party leader Kazuo Shii announces at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 22, 2016, that his party will cooperate with other opposition parties in the House of Councillors election in the summer with aim of scrapping the government's controversial security legislation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JCP lawmakers attend opening ceremony of Diet session

Japanese Communist Party leader Kazuo Shii (seated, 2nd from R) attends the opening ceremony of an ordinary Diet session at the House of Councillors chamber in Tokyo on Jan. 4, 2016. JCP lawmakers had declined to attend the ceremony for decades on the grounds that the emperor's presence at the event was unconstitutional. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JCP lawmakers attend opening ceremony of Diet session

Japanese Communist Party leader Kazuo Shii (R, back row) attends the opening ceremony of an ordinary Diet session at the House of Councillors chamber in Tokyo on Jan. 4, 2016. JCP lawmakers had declined to attend the ceremony for decades on the grounds that the emperor's presence at the event was unconstitutional. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (front) is also pictured. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JCP lawmakers attend opening ceremony of Diet session

Japanese Communist Party leader Kazuo Shii (C, back row) attends the opening ceremony of an ordinary Diet session at the House of Councillors chamber in Tokyo on Jan. 4, 2016. JCP lawmakers had declined to attend the ceremony for decades on the grounds that the emperor's presence at the event was unconstitutional. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (front) is also pictured. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Communist Party leader meets with House speaker

Japanese Communist Party leader Kazuo Shii (R) meets with House of Representatives Speaker Tadamori Oshima at the parliament building in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2015, to report that the JCP will attend the opening ceremony of a Diet session to be convened on Jan. 4, 2016, for the first time in almost 70 years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo