Japan Socialist Youth League

Japan Socialist Youth League
日本社会主義青年同盟
Nihon Shakaishugi Seinen Dōmei
AbbreviationShaseidō
FoundedOctober 15, 1960
Preceded byJapan Socialist Party Youth Division
IdeologyRōnōha Marxism
Democratic socialism
Political positionLeft-wing
International affiliationWFDY
Website
https://lsyjp.com/

The Japan Socialist Youth League (日本社会主義青年同盟, Nihon Shakaishugi Seinen Dōmei), usually abbreviated Shaseidō (社青同), was a Japanese socialist youth organization originally affiliated with the Japan Socialist Party and active in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s as part of the Japanese New Left. Shaseidō had both a student wing and a young workers wing.