↑"JCP elects new leadership" (12 April 2016). "The Japanese Communist Party 5th Central Committee Plenum on 11 April relieved Yamashita Yoshiki (House of Councilors member) of his duty as secretariat head for health reasons and elected Koike Akira (House of Councilors member and currently JCP vice chair) to the position". Retrieved 7 June 2016.
↑ 3.03.1"Japanese Communist Party". bloomberg.com. Bloomberg L.P. สืบค้นเมื่อ 25 January 2022. Japanese Communist Party (JCP) operates as a left-wing political party in Japan. The Company conducts membership organization established to promote the interests of a national, State, or local political party or candidate.
↑""선제공격 능력 갖추자" 日정부 주장에…"시대착오적" 비판". Edaily (ภาษาเกาหลี). 13 November 2021. สืบค้นเมื่อ 3 December 2021. ... 개헌에 반대해 온 진보 성향의 일본공산당은 “적 기지에 대한 공격력을 갖추더라도 상대국의 지하나 이동발사대 등 미사일 위치를 모두 파악하고 파괴하는 것은 불가능하다”며 ... [... The progressive position Japanese Communist Party, which has opposed the constitutional amendment, said, "Even if it has offensive power against enemy bases, it is impossible to identify and destroy all missile locations such as underground or mobile launchers of the other country" ...]
↑The JCP is on an independent path different from other communist parties, and has traditionally been regarded as a (socially) progressive party in the context of Japanese politics:
Ronald J Hrebenar, บ.ก. (2019). Japan's New Party System. Routledge. ISBN9780429721083. This trend erodes the traditional support of the “progressive” parties, especially those—as with the JCP —perceived to be on the extreme Left.
↑Ronald J Hrebenar, บ.ก. (2019). Japan's New Party System. Routledge. ISBN9780429721083. This trend erodes the traditional support of the “progressive” parties, especially those—as with the JCP —perceived to be on the extreme Left.
↑"Election campaign, the Japanese way". The Straits Times. 13 June 2017. สืบค้นเมื่อ 16 October 2017. Both the LDP and Kibo no To are in favour of constitutional revision, unlike the new left-leaning Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and the far-left Japanese Communist Party.