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East Asia Anti-Japan Armed Front documentary screening cancelled due to ultra-nationalist pressure

Posted on May 5, 2021 by William Andrews

A cinema in Kanagawa Prefecture has called off the screenings of Searching for the Wolf (Ōkami o sagashite) scheduled for May due to pressure from ultra-nationalists. In a statement released 4 May, the operator of Atsugi Cinema Kiki said that … Continue reading →

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Two new documentaries about events that bookend Japan’s Long Sixties

Posted on Mar 12, 2021 by William Andrews

Two new documentaries released in Japan this spring explore events and movements that effectively bookend Japan’s Long Sixties. Showing from 27 March, Searching for the Wolf (Ōkami o sagashite) deals with the East Asia Anti-Japan Armed Front (Higashi Ajia Hannichi … Continue reading →

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Pan-Asianism and the post-war Japanese radical Left: Some movements and tendencies

Posted on Dec 10, 2019 by William Andrews

What kinds of Asianist tendencies, or attitudes towards Asia, are visible in the post-war Japanese radical left? Is Pan-Asianism a useful framework for thinking about aspects of post-war left-wing activism in Japan? Drawing on a range of case studies, including … Continue reading →

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Former far-left radical Yukiko Ekita faces backlash over release of children’s book

Posted on Sep 3, 2017 by William Andrews

When Yukiko Ekita, a former member of the East Asia Anti-Japan Armed Front and Japanese Red Army, was released from prison in March this year, it was the most prominent example of a far-left radical walking free in Japan for … Continue reading →

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East Asia Anti-Japan Armed Front bomber Masashi Daidōji dies in prison, aged 68

Posted on May 24, 2017 by William Andrews

The East Asia Anti-Japan Armed Front bomber Masashi Daidōji has died in prison, Japanese media reported today. Daidōji was the effective leader in the founding cell of the East Asia Anti-Japan Armed Front, which was a military organisation opposed to … Continue reading →

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