 However, the company quickly dissolved, reputedly over Katayama's socialist leanings, and he returned to Japan in 1907, rejoined the socialist movement, and pursued a career in journalism.He was arrested and jailed for his participation in the Tokyo Streetcar Strike of 1912, and after his release he left for California.Attracted by the success of the Bolshevik revolution of 1917–18, Katayama became an active communist and an officer for the Comintern.