“Cultural work naturally must serve the cause of the People’s Democratic revolution and only then will it benefit the masses. It is most important in cultural work not to ignore the national traditions in form and to maintain its class character in content.”

— Kyūichi Tokuda

New Situation and the Policy of the Communist Party of Japan (1950)

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