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Kanson Arahata
荒畑 寒村
Arahata in 1954
Chairman of the Japanese Communist Party
In office 1922–1923
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Sakai Toshihiko
Member of theHouse of Representatives
In office 11 April 1946 – 23 December 1948
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Yasoji Kazahaya
Constituency	Tokyo 2nd (1946–1947) Tokyo 4th (1947–1948)
Personal details
Born	Katsuzō Arahata (荒畑 勝三) (1887-08-14)14 August 1887 Yokohama, Kanagawa,Japan
Died	6 March 1981(1981-03-06) (aged 93) Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
Resting place	Fuji Cemetery & Gardens,Shizuoka Prefecture
Political party	Socialist
Other political affiliations	Communist (1922–1945)
Occupation	Critic, labor activist

Kanson Arahata (荒畑 寒村,Arahata Kanson; August 14, 1887 – March 6, 1981), real nameKatsuzō Arahata (荒畑 勝三,Arahata Katsuzō), was a Japanese politician and writer active in the socialist and labor movements.

Born inKanagawa Prefecture, he converted to socialism in 1904 while working at theYokosuka Naval Arsenal, where he read anti-war pamphlets byKōtoku Shūsui,Sakai Toshihiko, and other socialists. After theRusso-Japanese War, Arahata wrote for numerous socialist publications; his account of theAshio Copper Mine incident is considered a classic of Japanese journalism. In 1922, Arahata helped found theJapanese Communist Party.

In 1937, he was arrested as part of the Japanese government'scrackdown on socialists and communists and spent the following years in prison.^[1]

AfterWorld War II, he served on numerous labor committees, and was elected the first chairman of theNational Trade Union of Metal and Engineering Workers. He also helped found theJapan Socialist Party in 1945, joining its Central Committee in 1947 and winning elections to theNational Diet on its slate in1946 and1947. In 1948, Arahata's opposition to the party's approval of postal, tobacco tax, and train fare increases led him to leave its ranks. After a failed attempt to create a new socialist party, he lost his seat in the Diet in the1949 election. In 1951, Arahata withdrew from active involvement in the socialist and labor movements, but continued to write and exercise influence. He died in 1981.^[2]

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