Japanese Communist Party
Former Japanese Communist Party leader Kazuo Shii has announced he will not run in the next Lower House election. After serving 23 years as party head, the longest tenure in JCP history, Shii aims to pass the seat to the next generation. He made the statement at a news conference in Tokyo's Diet building on Friday.
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Tetsuzo Fuwa, former chairman of the Japanese Communist Party, died of acute heart failure on December 30 at the age of 95, the party announced the same day. Fuwa played a pivotal role in shifting the party from a revolutionary image to a pragmatic, moderate one. Born Kenjiro Ueda in 1930 in Tokyo, he joined the party in 1947.