Sunagawa Struggle

GPTKB entity

Statements (43)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf protest
gptkbp:cause expansion of the United States Air Force Tachikawa Airfield
gptkbp:country gptkb:Japan
gptkbp:endDate 1957
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sunagawa Struggle
gptkbp:legalIssue Sunagawa Case (Sunagawa Jiken)
gptkbp:legalOutcome Supreme Court of Japan ruled on constitutionality of US bases
gptkbp:location gptkb:Sunagawa,_Tachikawa,_Tokyo,_Japan
gptkbp:mediaCoverage international press
Japanese newspapers
gptkbp:notableEvent demonstrations
court cases
sit-ins
forced evictions
arrests of protesters
land occupation
violent clashes with police
gptkbp:notableParticipant gptkb:Kiyoshi_Miki
gptkb:Saburō_Eda
Japanese student activists
gptkbp:opposedBy farmers
local residents
labor unions
student activists
Japanese left-wing activists
Sunagawa farmers
United States military presence in Japan
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Anpo_protests
gptkb:US_Air_Force
gptkb:Tachikawa_Airfield
gptkb:Japanese_police
gptkb:Sanrizuka_Struggle
gptkb:US–Japan_Security_Treaty
Japanese government
gptkbp:result halted expansion of Tachikawa Airfield
influenced later anti-base movements
gptkbp:significance influenced Japanese legal precedent on police powers
early example of postwar Japanese protest against US bases
gptkbp:startDate 1955
gptkbp:supportedBy gptkb:Japan_Socialist_Party
gptkb:Japanese_Communist_Party
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Anpo_protests
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6