Japanese Red Army Attacks
JRA's bloody revolution dream
4.7 (22)
42 mins
Explore JRA's gruesome terror attacks, from Beirut-trained trio's Lod Airport massacre, to Okamoto's failed jet torch. Uncover the infamous JAL 404 Dubai hijack, and Kuala Lumpur terror, in this podcast.
Ep 1:
Birth of a Terror Cell
From MacArthur's postwar reforms to student riots and a daring hijacking to North Korea, discover how idealistic Japanese youth became revolutionary exiles—trapped in a gilded cage with a sinister human cost.
Ep 2:
Blood Alliance Across Borders
As the Yodo hijackers languished abroad, a new terror network formed, uniting Japanese radicals with global militants and unleashing a massacre at Lod Airport, propelling Fusako Shigenobu to infamy.
Ep 3:
Skyjackings and Siege Diplomacy
A hijacking ends in fiery mystery over Libya, while a Hague embassy siege reveals the JRA's deadly reach—and the uneasy alliances that both empower and betray them.
Ep 4:
The Slow Death of Revolution
From a Kuala Lumpur hostage crisis to a fatal plane crash and fading relevance, trace the Japanese Red Army's final desperate acts and the slow unraveling of its revolutionary dream.
Discussions (12)
Alan
Level 2 · 7 mo agoNorth Korea kidnapping women just to find wives for the Yodo group is absolutely grim. 0/10 plan.
Myron
Level 10 · 7 mo agoThe Yodo group really had a skill issue with women. Imagine having such low diplo rep the state has to kidnap a wife for you just to keep you happy.
Geneva
Level 10 · 7 mo agoThat wife hunting part 😰
