[2] 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.

It was banned in Japan because it was viewed as subversive, forcing it to operate underground.

Most Japanese newspapers publish the names of alleged criminals, but Akahata often declines to publish their names, unless they are related to organized crime or right-wing activities.

[3] By the end of 1960, as a result of recruitment drives conducted in conjunction with the 1960 Anpo Protests, circulation soared to around 100,000.