Japanese Red Army

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:terrorism
gptkbp:affiliated_with gptkb:Communist_League
gptkbp:country gptkb:Japan
gptkbp:criticism for violent tactics
for ideological extremism
gptkbp:dissolved gptkb:2000
gptkb:2001
internal conflicts
government crackdowns
gptkbp:founded gptkb:1971
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Tokyo
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Japanese Red Army
gptkbp:influence gptkb:Baader-Meinhof_Group
gptkb:Red_Army_Faction
gptkbp:is_involved_in gptkb:Popular_Front_for_the_Liberation_of_Palestine
gptkbp:is_motivated_by anti-imperialism
gptkbp:known_for hijacking and hostage-taking
gptkbp:legacy influence on modern terrorism
gptkbp:notable_case gptkb:1975_hijacking_of_a_Japanese_airliner
1972 Munich Olympics attack
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:1972_Lod_Airport_massacre
gptkbp:notable_figures gptkb:Yoshio_Yamamoto
gptkb:Kiyoshi_Kuroda
gptkb:Toshio_Shimizu
gptkb:Fumiko_Enomoto
gptkb:Hiroshi_Kato
gptkb:Yoshihiro_Matsumoto
gptkb:Kazuo_Yamamoto
gptkb:Akira_Nishiyama
gptkb:Masayoshi_Arai
gptkb:Yoshio_Shimizu
gptkbp:notable_leader gptkb:Masayoshi_Arai
gptkbp:notable_member gptkb:Kozo_Okamoto
gptkbp:notable_move kidnapping of Japanese ambassador to the Netherlands
gptkbp:notable_operations gptkb:1977_hijacking_of_Japan_Airlines_Flight_472
1975 attack on the U. S. embassy in Kuala Lumpur
gptkbp:number_of_members approximately 50
gptkbp:operational_area gptkb:Asia
gptkbp:political_ideology gptkb:Marxism-Leninism
through media and publications
gptkbp:relationship with North Korea
with other leftist groups
with the Soviet Union
with Palestinian groups
gptkbp:targets gptkb:Japanese_government
U. S. military interests
gptkbp:type left-wing militant group
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Battle_of_the_Gifu_(1970)
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Gifu_(1972)
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Gifu_(1973)
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Gifu_(1978)
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Gifu_(1981)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4