Not to be confused with Red Army Faction (Japan) or United Red Army.
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, Middle East, Europe, South Asia, Southeast Asia
Ideology
Communism
Marxism–Leninism
Maoism
Anti-fascism
Anti-imperialism
Anti-zionism
Political position
Far-left
Notable attacks
Lod Airport massacre Japan Airlines Flight 404 Japan Airlines Flight 472 Malaysian Airline System Flight 653 (suspected)
Status
Defunct; succeeded by the Rentai movement
Preceded by Sekigunha
The Japanese Red Army (日本赤軍, Nihon Sekigun, abbr. JRA) was a militant communist organization active from 1971 to 2001. It was designated a terrorist organization by Japan and the United States. The JRA was founded by Fusako Shigenobu and Tsuyoshi Okudaira in February 1971, and was most active in the 1970s and 1980s, operating mostly out of Lebanon with PFLP collaboration and funding from Muammar Gaddafi's Libya, as well as Syria and North Korea.[1][2]
After the Lod Airport massacre, it sometimes called itself the Arab-JRA.[3] The group was also variously known as the Anti-Imperialist International Brigade (AIIB), the Holy War Brigade, and the Anti-War Democratic Front.[4] The JRA's stated goals were to overthrow the Japanese government and the monarchy, as well as to start a world revolution.[5]
^Wright-Neville 2010, p. 119.
^Kapur 2018, p. 152.
^"Japanese Red Army (JRA) | Terrorist Groups | TRAC".
^Wright-Neville 2010, p. 119-120.
^"Japanese Red Army (JRA) Anti-Imperialist International Brigade (AIIB)". Intelligence Resource Program. Federation of American Scientists. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
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