Japanese Red Army

communist militant group founded by Fusako Shigenobu early in 1971 in Lebanon
Organization guerrilla_organization Q333954
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Japanese Red Army

Summary

Japanese Red Army is a guerrilla organization[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of guerrilla_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,055 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Japanese Red Army's instance of is recorded as guerrilla organization[3].
  • Japanese Red Army's instance of is recorded as terrorist organization[4].
  • Japanese Red Army's instance of is recorded as Japanese New Left[5].
  • Red Army is named after Japanese Red Army[6].
  • Japanese Red Army's headquarters location is recorded as Lebanon[7].
  • Japanese Red Army's headquarters location is recorded as Paris[8].
  • Japanese Red Army's Commons category is recorded as Japanese Red Army[9].
  • Japanese Red Army's chairperson is recorded as Fusako Shigenobu[10].
  • 1971 marks the founding of Japanese Red Army[11].
  • Japanese Red Army was dissolved in 2001[12].
  • Japanese Red Army's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Japanese Red Army[13].
  • Japanese Red Army's political ideology is recorded as communism[14].
  • Japanese Red Army's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '日本赤軍'}[15].
  • Japanese Red Army's member count is recorded as {'amount': '+0'}[16].
  • Japanese Red Army's designated as terrorist by is recorded as United States[17].

Body

Founding

1971 marks the founding of Japanese Red Army[11].

Leadership

Japanese Red Army's chairperson is recorded as Fusako Shigenobu[10].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Lebanon[7], a sovereign state[18], in Lebanon[19], founded in 1943[20] and Paris[8], a commune of France[21], in France[22], founded in -0300[23].

Dissolution

Japanese Red Army was dissolved in 2001[12].

Why It Matters

Japanese Red Army ranks in the top 5% of guerrilla_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,055 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . state.gov. Retrieved . state.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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