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Without limitation period (the tragedy of the Japanese Communist Party Chairman)

Without limitation period (the tragedy of the Japanese Communist Party Chairman)

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Received: 07/17/2025

Accepted: 08/28/2025

Published: 10/05/2025

Keywords: USSR; NKVD (the People’s Commissariat for Internal Affairs); Japan; Communist Party of Japan; Nosaka

Available in the on-line version with: 06.10.2025

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Fesyun A.G. Without limitation period (the tragedy of the Japanese Communist Party Chairman). // Lomonosov Oriental Studies Journal. 2025. Vol. 69. N 2,69 p.135-163 https://doi.org/10.55959/MSU0320-8095-13-69-2-10.

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N 2, 2025
Fesyun A.G. (Lomonosov Moscow State University)

Abstract

Drawing on documents from the archives of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the People’s Commissariat for Internal Affairs, the article examines the fate of one of the most prominent figures of the Japanese Communist Party, Nosaka Sanzo: his rise to power, his contacts and cooperation with leaders of the communist movement in the Soviet Union, China, and Korea, his relations with the United States occupation forces in Japan, and his tragic final years.

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