Democratic Youth League of Japan

Democratic Youth League of Japan
Founded5 April 1923 (1923-04-05)
Headquarters4 Kamiyama, Shibuya, Tokyo 150-0047, Japan
Membership 7,000 (2025)
Mother partyJapanese Communist Party
International affiliationWorld Federation of Democratic Youth (formerly)
Websitewww.dylj.or.jp
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The Democratic Youth League of Japan (Japanese: 日本民主青年同盟, Hepburn: Nihon Minshu Seinen Domei), abbreviated DYLJ or Minsei (民青みんせい), is a political youth organization in Japan. It consults with and receives assistance from the Japanese Communist Party. Minsei describes itself as a "voluntary youth organization in response to a keen demand of the youth, aiming towards a better life, peace, independence, democracy and social progress". Its main activities are peace movement, opposition to tuition hikes, petitions, volunteer work and educational activities and the like.