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The Democratic Youth League of Japan (日本民主青年同盟, Nihon Minshu Seinen Domei), abbreviatedDYLJ or Minsei (民青, みんせい), is a political youth organization in Japan. It is the youth wing of the Japanese Communist Party, as well as an organizational body of Zengakuren. Minsei describes itself as a "voluntary youth organization in response to a keen demand of the youth, aiming towards a better life, peace, independence, democracy and social progress".[1] Its main activities are the peace movement, opposition to tuition hikes, petitions, volunteer work and educational activities and the like.
The DYLJ was formed on 5 April 1923 in the Empire of Japan as the Japanese Communist Youth League (JCYL), influenced by the Russian Revolution in Russia. Like the JCP, it focused on suffrage for young Japanese aged 18 and above, the overthrow of the "Emperor system", equal pay for equal work, and opposition to militarization. Also, like the JCP, it was banned under the Peace Preservation Law and some of its members, such as Kawai Yoshitora, Takashima Mato, and Iijima Kimi, were arrested by police and were either killed during interrogations or else died in prison.
After World War II, the JCYL was re-established in tandem with the re-establishment of the JCP. Following a series of violent misadventures in the 1950s, in which the JCP tried to foment an immediate communist revolution and ordered the JCYL into the mountains to help form "Mountain Village Guerrilla Squads", the JCP hastily retreated from its former militant line and the JCYL was recast as a "force for peace and democracy" and renamed the Democratic Youth League of Japan.[2] Minsei's last bit of militant activism took place during the massive 1960 Anpo protests against the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty, in which many Minsei students took part. However, thereafter the JCP and Minsei increasingly eschewed extra-parliamentary street protests. In 1960, during its 6th National Congress, Minsei established its "Agreement" and "Call to the Youth League", whereby the League promised to pursue "peaceful, scientific socialism."
At the height of the 1968–1969 Japanese university protests, while other students were hurling rocks and stones at police, Minsei students observed major events such as International Anti-War Day in 1968 by holding peaceful potluck picnics in the park, and emphasized peaceful forms of activism such as petitioning university administrations to improve campus facilities, a focus on mundane daily life that led the more militant students derisively nicknamed the "toilet paper line."[3] However, when Zenkyōtō activists began barricading university campuses, some Minsei students began arming themselves with helmets and staves and engaged in violent battles with the militant student activists. The Minsei students claimed they were "defending" the university from attack, and whereas other students called their staves gebabō ("violence sticks"), the Minsei students called their staves minshūkabō ("democratization sticks").
Minsei membership peaked in 1970 at around 200,000 students before declining steadily thereafter, in tandem with the decline of the Japan Communist Party and the Japanese student movement in general. In recent years, Minsei has consistently listed its membership as "around 10,000" students.
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Kapur, Nick (2018). Japan at the Crossroads: Conflict and Compromise after Anpo. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. ISBN978-0674984424.
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You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Japanese December 2020 Click show for important translation instructions View a machine translated version of the Japanese article Machine translation like DeepL or Google Translate is a useful starting point for translations but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate rather than simply copy pasting machine translated text into the English Wikipedia Consider adding a topic to this template there are already 3 688 articles in the main category and specifying topic will aid in categorization Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low quality If possible verify the text with references provided in the foreign language article You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Japanese Wikipedia article at ja 日本民主青年同盟 see its history for attribution You may also add the template Translated ja 日本民主青年同盟 to the talk page For more guidance see Wikipedia Translation This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Democratic Youth League of Japan news newspapers books scholar JSTOR March 2016 Learn how and when to remove this message The Democratic Youth League of Japan 日本民主青年同盟 Nihon Minshu Seinen Domei abbreviated DYLJ or Minsei 民青 みんせい is a political youth organization in Japan It is the youth wing of the Japanese Communist Party as well as an organizational body of Zengakuren Minsei describes itself as a voluntary youth organization in response to a keen demand of the youth aiming towards a better life peace independence democracy and social progress 1 Its main activities are the peace movement opposition to tuition hikes petitions volunteer work and educational activities and the like Democratic Youth League of JapanSecretaryYu TanakaFounded5 April 1923 1923 04 05 Headquarters4 Kamiyama Shibuya Tokyo 150 0047 JapanMembership9 500 2017 Mother partyJapanese Communist PartyInternational affiliationWorld Federation of Democratic Youth formerly Websitewww wbr dylj wbr or wbr jp Headquarters of the Democratic Youth League of Japan Contents 1 History 2 References 2 1 Citations 2 2 Works cited 3 External linksHistory editThe DYLJ was formed on 5 April 1923 in the Empire of Japan as the Japanese Communist Youth League JCYL influenced by the Russian Revolution in Russia Like the JCP it focused on suffrage for young Japanese aged 18 and above the overthrow of the Emperor system equal pay for equal work and opposition to militarization Also like the JCP it was banned under the Peace Preservation Law and some of its members such as Kawai Yoshitora Takashima Mato and Iijima Kimi were arrested by police and were either killed during interrogations or else died in prison After World War II the JCYL was re established in tandem with the re establishment of the JCP Following a series of violent misadventures in the 1950s in which the JCP tried to foment an immediate communist revolution and ordered the JCYL into the mountains to help form Mountain Village Guerrilla Squads the JCP hastily retreated from its former militant line and the JCYL was recast as a force for peace and democracy and renamed the Democratic Youth League of Japan 2 Minsei s last bit of militant activism took place during the massive 1960 Anpo protests against the U S Japan Security Treaty in which many Minsei students took part However thereafter the JCP and Minsei increasingly eschewed extra parliamentary street protests In 1960 during its 6th National Congress Minsei established its Agreement and Call to the Youth League whereby the League promised to pursue peaceful scientific socialism At the height of the 1968 1969 Japanese university protests while other students were hurling rocks and stones at police Minsei students observed major events such as International Anti War Day in 1968 by holding peaceful potluck picnics in the park and emphasized peaceful forms of activism such as petitioning university administrations to improve campus facilities a focus on mundane daily life that led the more militant students derisively nicknamed the toilet paper line 3 However when Zenkyōtō activists began barricading university campuses some Minsei students began arming themselves with helmets and staves and engaged in violent battles with the militant student activists The Minsei students claimed they were defending the university from attack and whereas other students called their staves gebabō violence sticks the Minsei students called their staves minshukabō democratization sticks Minsei membership peaked in 1970 at around 200 000 students before declining steadily thereafter in tandem with the decline of the Japan Communist Party and the Japanese student movement in general In recent years Minsei has consistently listed its membership as around 10 000 students References editCitations edit 目的と規約 みんせいウェブ in Japanese Archived from the original on 10 May 2014 Kapur 2018 pp 128 132 Kapur 2018 p 132 Works cited edit Kapur Nick 2018 Japan at the Crossroads Conflict and Compromise after Anpo Cambridge Massachusetts Harvard University Press ISBN 978 0674984424 External links editOfficial website nbsp This article about an organization or organization related topic in Japan is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This communist youth movement related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Democratic Youth League of Japan amp oldid 1196696202, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
