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The Japanese red army. Japanese Red Army: Origins, Objectives, Ideology. By : Sahba Saravi. Overview. University students aggravated with post WWII conditions Offshoot of the Japanese Communist Party, evolved from three different groups Anarchic left-wing militant group - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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THE JAPANESE RED ARMY
JAPANESE RED ARMY: ORIGINS, OBJECTIVES, IDEOLOGY
By: Sahba Saravi
OVERVIEW
• University students aggravated with post WWII conditions• Offshoot of the Japanese Communist Party,
evolved from three different groups• Anarchic left-wing militant group• Goal of global communist revolution
• Sekigun- Ha (Red Army)• 1969 Created when Shiomi
broke away from JCP• Declared world revolution
would occur Sep. 1 1970• Rengo Sekigun (United Red Army)• 1970 Merged with Keihin
Ampo Kyoto• Nihon Sekigun
(Japanese Red Army)• Largest fragment left
from Katuisawa events
IDEOLOGY• Marxist-Leninist ideology• Leading member Fusako
Shigenobu grew up poor and became a communist in university
• Craving for modernization w/ connection to tradition • Distasted restrictions
imposed on Japan post WWII• Imposed Samurai Moral
Code
OBJECTIVES
• Revolutionize the nation and eventually the world based on Marxist ideology• Eliminate poverty & embrace equality• Tackle government corruption• Terminate U.S military presence in Japan &
Vietnam• Communism allowed these goals to take place in
society
LEADERSHIP IN THE JRA
By: Max Workman
Primarily led by:
•Fusako Shigenobu •Takeshi Okudaira.
LEADERS
• Joined Red Army Faction as a student, left because of political issues
• She was a co-founder of the Lebanon branch which was the Japanese Red Army.
• One of the few females given power in Japanese groups.
FUSAKO SHIGENOBU
• Founded the JRA with Shigenobu in 1972.
• Was killed on May 30, 1972, in the Lod Airport Massacre which left 26 people dead and 80 others wounded.
• Reported to be dating/engaged/married to Shigenobu but other sources say that this relationship was a lie.
TAKESHI OKUDAIRA
By: Jessica Colbourn
SUPPORT AND RECRUITMENT
SupportIncluded:hijacking planes and blowing up refineries. •“Precision planning”
MONETARY SUPPORT
Funded themselves through bank and post office robberies.
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
(PFLP)
•Supported the JRA’s goal of revolution•Provided the JRA with guerilla training•Helped launch numerous terrorist attacks along side the JRA.
• Ex: Lod Airport Massacre 1972
EXTERNAL SUPPORT
• Recruitment of college students and young workers.
• Selectively looking for individuals from private and exclusive universities.
• Use of propaganda and recruitment films
RECRUITMENT
STRATEGY, TARGETS AND METHODS
By: Brooke Tavel
STRATEGY
Believed in the practice of mass casualties, along with public
displays of power and threat to the community.
LOD MASSACRE
• Most notable and deadly attack carried out by the JRA:
• May 30, 1972 – 3 members attacked the airport with gun and grenades.•26 killed, at least 80 injured.
ATTACKS
Types of carried out and planned attacks:
•Plane hijackings• North Korea
•Hostages• AIA Building takeover, 1975
•Bombings• Naples, April 1988
CONCLUSION
The organization was disbanded.
Though, the JRA conducted several “successful” attacks, the organization was not successful in it’s
overall goal of overthrowing the Japanese government with the attempt at a Revolution.
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