Sanzō Nosaka
| Sanzō Nosaka | |
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| Member of the House of Representatives | |
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In office April 11, 1946 – June 6, 1950 |
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| Constituency | Tokyo 1st district |
| Member of the House of Councilors | |
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In office July 8, 1956 – July 3, 1977 |
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| Constituency | Tokyo district |
| Chairman of the Japanese Communist Party | |
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In office 1958–1982 |
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| Preceded by | Kyuichi Tokuda |
| Succeeded by | Kenji Miyamoto |
| Honorary Chairman of the Japanese Communist Party | |
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In office 1982–1992 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
March 30, 1892 Hagi, Yamaguchi |
| Died | November 14, 1993 (aged 101) Tokyo |
| Political party | Japanese Communist Party |
| Spouse(s) | Ryu Nosaka |
| Alma mater | Keio University |
Sanzō Nosaka (野坂 参三 Nosaka Sanzō?, March 30, 1892 – November 14, 1993) was a founder of the Japanese Communist Party (JCP) who worked for periods as a writer, editor, labor organizer, communist agent, politician, and university professor. He was the son of a wealthy Japanese merchant, and attended the prestigious Keio University. While in university, Nosaka became interested in social movements, and joined a moderate labor organization after graduation, working as a research staff member, and as a writer and editor of the organization's magazine. He traveled to Britain in 1919 to study political economy, where he deepened his studies of Marxism and became a confirmed communist. Nosaka was a founding member of the Communist Party of Great Britain, but his activity within British communist circles led to him being deported from Britain in 1921.
After leaving Britain, Nosaka traveled through the Soviet Union (USSR). He returned to Japan in 1922, where he co-founded the Japanese Communist Party (JCP). Nosaka became a labor organizer, but was arrested twice by the Japanese government for his activities. After being released from prison a second time, Nosaka secretly returned to the USSR in 1931, where he became an agent of the Comintern. He traveled to the West Coast of the United States, where he worked as a communist spy from 1934-1938.
After leaving the United States, Nosaka worked in China from 1940–1945, supporting the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) by encouraging and recruiting captured Japanese soldiers to support and fight for the Chinese communists against the Imperial Japanese Army, and coordinating a spy network that operated throughout Japanese-occupied China. After the surrender of Japan in 1945, Nosaka returned to Japan with hundreds of other Japanese communists, where he led the Japanese Communist Party during the occupation of Japan.
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