Editing Japanese Red Army (section)

== History ==
[[Fusako Shigenobu]] had been a leading member in the {{Nihongo|[[Red Army Faction (Japan)|Red Army Faction]]|赤軍派|Sekigun-ha}} in Japan, whose roots lay in the [[Communist League (Japan)|Communist League]], part of the militant [[New Left in Japan]]. Advocating revolution through [[terrorism]],<ref>[https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10576109008435816 Terrorist profile group – the Japanese red army] "The Japanese red army attempts to support through terrorism a worldwide Marxist Leninist revolution</ref> 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 lost about 200 members, and the remnants merged with the [[Maoist]] group Revolutionary Left Faction ({{Transliteration|ja|Kakumei sa-ha}}) to form the {{Nihongo|[[United Red Army]]|連合赤軍|Rengō Sekigun}} in July 1971. The United Red Army became notable during the [[Asama-Sanso incident]], when it [[purge|murdere]]d fourteen of its members on [[Mount Haruna]], before a week-long siege involving hundreds of police leaving a bystander and a police officer dead.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Carpentras|first=Fabien|title=IAFOR Journal of Media, Communication & Film – Memory Politics and Popular Culture – The Example of the United Red Army in the Manga Red (2006–2018)|journal=IAFOR Journal of Media, Communication & Film|publisher=The International Academic Forum (IAFOR)|pages=86|doi=10.22492/ijmcf|issn=2187-0667|doi-access=free}}</ref>

[[Fusako Shigenobu]] had left Japan with only a handful of dedicated  people, but her group is said to have had about 40 members at its height and was, after the [[Lod Airport massacre]], one of the best-known armed leftist groups in the world.<ref>[http://www.tkb.org/Group.jsp?groupID=59 Japanese Red Army (JRA) Profile] The [[National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism]] Terrorism Knowledge Base (online)</ref>

The JRA had close ties with the [[Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine]] (PFLP) and [[Wadie Haddad]].{{sfn|Smith|1994|p=144}} It was dependent on the PFLP for financing, training, and weaponry.{{Citation needed|date=December 2021}}

In April 2001, Shigenobu issued a statement from detention declaring the JRA had disbanded, and that their battles should henceforth be done by legal means.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/04/16/national/shigenobu-declares-end-of-japanese-red-army/ | title=Shigenobu declares end of Japanese Red Army| newspaper=The Japan Times Online| date=April 16, 2001}}</ref>

The National Police Agency publicly stated that a successor group was founded in 2001, called {{Nihongo|Rentai Movement|{{interlanguage link|ムーブメント連帯|ja|ムーブメント連帯}}|Mūbumento Rentai}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.npa.go.jp/archive/keibi/syouten/syouten271/english/0301.html|title=Movements of the Japanese Red Army and the "Yodo-go" Group|access-date=September 7, 2011|publisher=Japanese National Police Agency}}</ref>

On February 15, 2022, the [[Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department]] renewed calls for arresting other ex-JRA terrorists who have not been arrested, including Kunio Bando and [[Kōzō Okamoto|Kozo Okamoto]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20220215/p2g/00m/0na/029000c|title = Japan's police renew hunt for Red Army militants wanted since 1970s|newspaper = Mainichi Daily News|date = February 15, 2022}}</ref>