East Asia Anti-Japan Armed Front

East Asia Anti-Japan Armed Front
東アジア反日武装戦線
LeaderMasashi Daidōji
Dates of operation1972–1975
MotivesAnti-Japanese revolution against the Japanese state, Japanese corporations, and historic Japanese imperialism
Active regionsJapan
IdeologyAnarchism
Anti-imperialism
Anti-Japaneseism
Notable attacks1974 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries bombing

The East Asia Anti-Japan Armed Front (東アジア反日武装戦線, Higashi Ajia Hannichi Busō Sensen, EAAJAF) was a Japanese New Left terrorist organization that existed from 1972 to 1975.

The EAAJAF self-identified as a leftist group that espoused Anti-Japaneseism ideology of revolution against the Japanese state, corporations, and symbols of Japanese imperialism, and was classified as a far-left illegal group inspired by anti-Japanese anarchism.[1] The EAAJAF committed a series of bombings as three cells during the early 1970s, including the 1974 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries bombing, until it was disbanded when most of its membership were arrested by Japanese authorities.

  1. ^ Asahi Shimbun 4 September 1974 evening edition