1. The Japanese red army

2. Japanese Red Army: Origins, Objectives, Ideology
By: Sahba Saravi

3. Overview University students aggravated with post WWII conditions
Offshoot of the Japanese Communist Party, evolved from three different groups
Anarchic left-wing militant group
Goal of global communist revolution

4. Sekigun- Ha (Red Army)
1969 Created when Shiomi broke away from JCP
Declared world revolution would occur Sep
Rengo Sekigun
(United Red Army)
1970 Merged with Keihin Ampo Kyoto
Nihon Sekigun
(Japanese Red Army)
Largest fragment left from Katuisawa events

5. Ideology Marxist-Leninist ideology
Leading member Fusako Shigenobu grew up poor and became a communist in university
Craving for modernization w/ connection to tradition
Distasted restrictions imposed on Japan post WWII
Imposed Samurai Moral Code

6. Objectives
Revolutionize the nation and eventually the world based on Marxist ideology
Eliminate poverty & embrace equality
Tackle government corruption
Terminate U.S military presence in Japan & Vietnam
Communism allowed these goals to take place in society

7. Leadership in the jra
By: Max Workman

8. Leaders
Primarily led by:
Fusako Shigenobu
Takeshi Okudaira.

9. Fusako Shigenobu
Joined Red Army Faction as a student, left because of political issues
She was a co-founder of the Lebanon branch which was the Japanese Red Army.
One of the few females given power in Japanese groups.

10. Takeshi Okudaira Founded the JRA with Shigenobu in 1972.
Was killed on May 30, 1972, in the Lod Airport Massacre which left 26 people dead and 80 others wounded.
Reported to be dating/engaged/married to Shigenobu but other sources say that this relationship was a lie.

11. Support and Recruitment
By: Jessica Colbourn

12. Monetary support
Funded themselves through bank and post office robberies.
Included:
hijacking planes and blowing up refineries.
“Precision planning”
Support

13. Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
External support
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
Supported the JRA’s goal of revolution
Provided the JRA with guerilla training
Helped launch numerous terrorist attacks along side the JRA.
Ex: Lod Airport Massacre 1972

14. recruitment Recruitment of college students and young workers.
Selectively looking for individuals from private and exclusive universities.
Use of propaganda and recruitment films

15. Strategy, targets and methods
By: Brooke Tavel

16. Strategy
Believed in the practice of mass casualties, along with public displays of power and threat to the community.

17. Lod massacre Most notable and deadly attack carried out by the JRA:
May 30, 1972 –
3 members attacked the airport with gun and grenades.
26 killed, at least 80 injured.

18. Attacks Types of carried out and planned attacks: Plane hijackings
North Korea
Hostages
AIA Building takeover, 1975
Bombings
Naples, April 1988

19. The organization was disbanded.
Conclusion
Though, the JRA conducted several “successful” attacks, the organization was not successful in it’s overall goal of overthrowing the Japanese government with the attempt at a Revolution.
The organization was disbanded.