Shimbun Akahata
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | Japanese Communist Party |
| Editor-in-chief | Kogiso Yoji |
| Founded | 1928 |
| Language | Japanese |
| Headquarters | Tokyo |
| Country | Japan |
| Circulation | 850,000 |
| Website | Akahata (in Japanese) Japan Press Weekly (in English) |
Shimbun Akahata (しんぶん赤旗, Shinbun Akahata; lit. 'Newspaper Red Flag') is the daily newspaper of the Japanese Communist Party (JCP) in the form of a national newspaper. It was founded in 1928 and currently has both daily and weekly editions.
Akahata has journalists based in the capitals of ten countries around the globe. They are Beijing, Berlin, Cairo, Hanoi, London, Mexico City, Moscow, New Delhi, Paris, and Washington, D.C. Japan Press Weekly is the newspaper's English edition.