Akamatsu Katsumaro

Akamatsu

Akamatsu Katsumaro ( Japanese 赤松 克 麿 ; born December 4, 1894 in Yamaguchi Prefecture ; died December 13, 1955 ) was a Japanese Social Democrat, then a National Socialist of the Shōwa period .

life and work

Akamatsu Katsumaro was one of the founders of the politically active student group Shinjin-kai while studying at Tokyo University . After graduating from university, he worked as a journalist for the newspaper "Tōkyō Keizai Shimpō" (東京 経 済 新 報), but then switched to the leadership of the "Nihon Rōdō Sōdōmei" (日本 労 働 総 同盟), the "Workers' Association of Japan" in 1921. In 1922 he joined the Communist Party , which had just been founded , and was then involved in the founding of the " Shakai Minshū-tō ", the "Socialist People's Party" in 1926 . He became general secretary of the party in 1930, but turned to right-wing socialism as early as 1931.

In 1932 Akamatsu founded the "Nihon Kokka Shakaitō" (日本 国家 社会 党), the "National Socialist Party of Japan" and the next year the "Kokumin Kyōkai" (国民 協会), about "Nationalist Association". He was elected to the Reichstag in 1937, where he took part in the establishment of the "Nihon Kakushintō" (日本 革新 党), about the "Japanese Reform Party".

During the Pacific War , he headed the planning department of the Imperial Rule Assistance Organization (翼 賛 政治 会, Yokusan seijikai). After the war he was excluded from any official political activity by the occupying powers.

Publications

• History of the development of the labor movement (日本 労 働 運動 発 達 史, Nihon rōdō hattatsu-shi), 1925.
• History of the socialist movement (日本 社会 運動 史, Nihon shakai undō-shi), Iwanami Publishing House, 1952.
• Wistful Thoughts on the Far East - Crash of Current Civilization (東洋 へ の 郷 愁 - 近代 文明 の 没落, Tōyō eno kyōshū - kindaibummei no botsuraku), 1953.

literature

• S. Noma (Ed.): Akamatsu Katsumaro . In: Japan. An Illustrated Encyclopedia. Kodansha, 1993, ISBN 4-06-205938-X , p. 26.

Web links

• Seiron-Sankei: CV, Japanese

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus Akamatsu is the family name, Katsumaro the first name.