Democratic Youth League of Japan

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". Its main activities are the peace movement, opposition to tuition hikes, petitions, volunteer work and educational activities and the like.

Democratic Youth League of Japan
SecretaryYu Tanaka
Founded5 April 1923 (1923-04-05)
Headquarters4 Kamiyama, Shibuya, Tokyo 150-0047, Japan
Membership 9,500 (2017)
Mother partyJapanese Communist Party
International affiliationWorld Federation of Democratic Youth (formerly)
Websitewww.dylj.or.jp
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