This week: the East Asia Anti-Japan Armed Front publishes its manifesto, and spreads beyond its original four members. But after a few months of terror bombings (and one completely botched attempt to assassinate Hirohito), the group is brought low and its members–with a few exceptions–end up in prison.
That story today, plus a question: in the end, what did all this actually accomplish?
Sources
Andrews, William. Dissenting Japan: A History of Japanese Radicalism and Counterculture from 1945 to Fukushima
Schieder, Chelsea Szendi. “East Asian Anti-Japan Armed Front: A Tale for These Times.”
Res, Max. “Anti-Japan: The Life and Death of the East Asia Anti-Japan Armed Front.” From the Anarchist Library.
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