Toho strikes

Toho strikes
Part of Occupation of Japan
Japanese police gathered outside Toho Studios during the third labor dispute
Date	March 20, 1946 – August 19, 1948
Location	Japan
Methods	Strike, occupation
Resulted in	Strikes ended via police and military intervention Resignation of union leaders Mass dismissals of union members in 1950 and further dismissals during the Red Purge Shintoho formed
Parties
Toho employees' union Supported by: Japan Motion Picture and Theatrical Worker's Union Sanbetsu Japanese Communist Party Toho Supported by: Nikkeiren August 19, 1948: Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department United States Army

The Toho strikes (東宝争議, Tōhō sōgi), also translated as the Toho labor disputes or Toho labor upheaval, were a series of strike actions in Japan taken by workers in the Toho labor union against Toho management between 1946 and 1948. The third and largest action was notable for the union's months-long occupation of the Toho film studio, and their eventual removal by police backed by the United States Army.

The conflict between the union, backed by Sanbetsu, and management, backed by Nikkeiren (later the Japan Business Federation) became "the focus of a nation-wide confrontation between capital and labor," and the union's defeat marked the beginning of a fundamental shift of power from labor in Japan.^[1]