is the pen name of , a member''The Great Soviet Encyclopedia'' (1979) and the former chairman of the Japanese Communist Party. He is a graduate of

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. He joined the Communist Party in 1947, and was elected to the

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Career

In around 1972, Fuwa, replacing certain senior party members, was placed in higher positions within the JCP as part of the JCP's attempts at changing its image and courting younger voters, with the

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commenting on Fuwa's "eloquency, gentle manner and good looks" in connection to the JCP's electoral strategy. Fuwa was one of the figures in the party who were instrumental in the movement to change the JCP's general image from that of a violent revolutionary group to a reformist and democratic one. Fuwa was eventually selected to be the chairman of the JCP from 1982 to 1987; he held the position again from 1989 to 2000. He was president of the Central Committee from 2000 to 2006. Fuwa reportedly declined to reattempt election in the

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, which ended his career in the

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that had lasted over 30 years by then. he remains a member of the party's standing committee and presidium. He stepped down as a member of the party's executive committee as a result of the resignation of his successor as chairman,

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, in 2024. He is an advocate of

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and he believes that socialism should be achieved through stages.

References

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Asia, Africa and Latin America in the Present-day World

Breaking Japan's Diplomatic StalemateThree Missing Points in Arguments for Constitutional RevisionMarxism and the 21st Century World85 Years of the Japanese Communist Party and the Present Stage of Development
1930 births Living people Japanese Communist Party politicians University of Tokyo alumni {{Japan-politician-1930s-stub