The Japanese Communist Party is finally making moves to update its 42-year-old party platform in an attempt to better reflect the reality of modern Japanese society and the world.
The JCP on Saturday presented the party's Central Committee Plenum with a proposal to fully revise and update the wording of its manifesto, which details the party's general policy objectives. If approved by the party Congress in November, it would be the first time that the party has drastically revised its policy platform.
The most notable change in the manifesto is the party's policy goal, which will be stipulated as "democratic reform" of Japan -- rather than "socialist revolution."