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The Japanese Red Army was a communist militant group founded in 1971 by Fusako Shigenobu and Tsuyoshi Okudaira. Their goals were to overthrow the Japanese government, start a world revolution, and obtain weapons and money through hostage taking, robberies, and terrorist attacks. They carried out several high-profile attacks including the Lod Airport massacre. The group was also known as the Anti-Imperialist International Brigade and sought to make China their revolutionary base, but has since become defunct.

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Japanese Red Army

The Japanese Red Army was a communist militant group founded in 1971 by Fusako Shigenobu and Tsuyoshi Okudaira. Their goals were to overthrow the Japanese government, start a world revolution, and obtain weapons and money through hostage taking, robberies, and terrorist attacks. They carried out several high-profile attacks including the Lod Airport massacre. The group was also known as the Anti-Imperialist International Brigade and sought to make China their revolutionary base, but has since become defunct.

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Not to be confused with United Red Army.

The Japanese Red Army (日本赤軍,


Nihon Sekigun, abbr. JRA) was a
communist militant group founded by
Fusako Shigenobu and Tsuyoshi
Okudaira in February 1971.[1] It was
commonly referred to as a "terrorist
group". After the Lod airport massacre,
it sometimes called itself Arab-JRA.[2]

Japanese Red Army

日本赤軍

Leader Fusako
Shigenobu

Tsuyoshi
Okudaira

Dates of operation 1971–2001

Motives Proletarian
revolution in
Japan, World
revolution

Active regions Japan, Southeast


Asia and Middle
East

Ideology Communism
Marxism–Leninism
Anti-imperialism

Notable attacks Lod Airport


massacre
Japan Airlines
Flight 351
Japan Airlines
Flight 404
Japan Airlines
Flight 472
Malaysian Airline
System Flight 653
(suspected)

Status Defunct, replaced


by Movement
Rentai

The group was also known as the Anti-


Imperialist International Brigade
(AIIB), the Holy War Brigade, and the
Anti-War Democratic Front.[3] The
JRA's stated goals were to overthrow
the Japanese government and the
monarchy, as well as to start a world
revolution.[4]

History

Financing strategy by
hostage, robbery, …
terror inside Japan

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In the early days, the organization's
goals were to obtain weapons, make
money and kidnap important people.
These plans can be summed up in
three letters: "B" (for "buki", the
Japanese term for weapons), "M" (for
"money"), and "P" (for "people") . Plan
B called for a series of terrorist assault
on the Japanese and American centers
of power. Plan M, the only one carried
out, consisted of carrying out a series
of heists against banks in Japan to
raise funds in order to carry out both
plans P and B. Plan P called for taking
the Japanese Prime Minister hostage to
free all members of the faction, then
fleeing to Maoist China to make it the
revolutionary base.[10]

Known members

Activities

Films

See also

References

Bibliography

External links

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