March incident

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The March Incident (三月事件, Sangatsu Jiken) was an abortive coup d'état attempt in the Empire of Japan, in March 1931, launched by the radical Sakurakai secret society within the Imperial Japanese Army, aided by civilian ultranationalist groups.