was a Japanese economic historian. Noro was born in
Hokkaido
is Japan's second largest island and comprises the largest and northernmost prefecture, making up its own region. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaidō from Honshu; the two islands are connected by the undersea railway Seikan Tunnel.
The la ...
in 1900. He studied at Keio Gijuku University, where he first became involved in radical politics. He worked for a labour research institute following graduation. In 1930 he joined the
Japanese Communist Party
The is a left-wing to far-left political party in Japan. With approximately 270,000 members belonging to 18,000 branches, it is one of the largest non-governing communist parties in the world.
The party advocates the establishment of a democr ...
. He was instrumental in laying the foundations for the Koza school, a branch of Japanese Marxist thought.
[A Global Encyclopedia of Historical Writing, Volume 2By D.R. Woolf Page 663-664 ]
Noro was arrested in November 1933. He died on 19 February 1934, in Shinagawa Police Station.
[Janus-Faced Justice: Political Criminals in Imperial Japan By Richard H. Mitchell ] His death was the result of police torture.
Works
* Nihon Shihonshugi Hattatsushi (History of the Development of Japanese Capitalism) (1930)
See also
*
Japanese dissidence during the Shōwa period
Political dissidence in the Empire of Japan covers individual Japanese dissidents against the policies of the Empire of Japan.
Dissidence in the Meiji and Taishō eras High Treason Incident
Shūsui Kōtoku, a Japanese anarchist, was critical ...
References
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1900 births
1934 deaths
People from Hokkaido
Japanese communists
Date of birth missing