"The Japanese Communist Party" Hideyo Hizakawa (Shincho Shinsho) Price: ¥734 #HideyoHizakawa #Books #BOOK #Nonfiction #Education "Iron discipline," "secrecy." The Japanese Communist Party, still under surveillance by the Public Security Intelligence Agency, has an air of seriousness about it, but what is its reality? The party leadership chosen through predetermined processes, local organizations where salary delays are not uncommon, and ordinary party members exhausted by repeated fundraising and leaving the party. The author, who was a member of the party for 39 years, served as the party's number four, the Policy Committee Chairman, but resigned as a member of the House of Councillors and left the party due to a scandal. He reveals the inner workings of the "revolutionary party," from the daily party operations to the truth behind Kenji Miyamoto's retirement.