Kazuo Tohira
The 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. After the Lod Airport massacre, it sometimes called itself the Arab-JRA. The group was also known as the Anti-Imperialist International Brigade (AIIB), the Holy War Brigade, and the Anti-War Democratic Front. The JRA's stated goals were to overthrow the Japanese government and the monarchy, as well as to start a world revolution. History Fusako Shigenobu had been a leading member in the in Japan, whose roots lay in the militant New Left Communist League. Advocating revolution through terrorism, they set up their own group, declaring war on the state in September 1969. The police quickly arrested many of them, including founder and intellectual leader Takaya Shiomi, who was in jail by 1970. The Red Army Faction lo ...
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Fusako Shigenobu
is a Japanese Communism, communist activist and founder of the disbanded militant group Japanese Red Army (JRA).

Early life

Shigenobu was born on 28 September 1945 in the Setagaya Special wards of Tokyo, ward of Tokyo. Her father served as a major in the Imperial Japanese Army and was dispatched to Manchukuo. Prior to his military service, he was a teacher at a (or temple school) for poor village children in Kyushu. After high school, Shigenobu went to work for the Kikkoman Corporation, Kikkoman corporation and took Night school, night courses at Meiji University. She eventually received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Economy and in History. She joined the student movement that was protesting the increase of tuition fees. In 1966, she joined the New Left in Japan, New Left group the Communist League (J ...
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