Nihon Jikyō

The Libertarian Federal Council of Labour Unions of Japan (Japanese: 日本労働組合自由連合協議会, romanized: Nihon Rōdō Kūmiai Jiyū Rengō Kyōgikai), commonly abbreviated as Nihon Jikyō (Japanese: 日本自協) or more simply Jikyō (Japanese: 自協), was a Japanese anarcho-syndicalist trade union federation. Established by anarcho-syndicalist members of Zenkoku Jiren in 1929, after the organisation had come under the control of its "pure anarchist" faction, members of Jikyō led a series of strike actions during the early years of the Great Depression. Following the Japanese invasion of Manchuria, Jikyō members sought to reunite with Zenkoku Jiren and form a united front against the rise of Japanese militarism. The two organisations reunified in 1934, but it was suppressed within two years.