Japanese Red Army
How did campus riots birth brutal bloodbaths?
4.7 (11)
43 mins
Discover JRA's rise from 1960s campus riots at Kyoto and Meiji against post-WW2 curbs, led by Takaya Shiomi. Explore Fusako Shigenobu's Beirut pivot with PFLP training for 1972 Lod massacre killing 24, botched JAL 404, and Singapore-Kuwait hits winning Yemen exile.
Ep 1:
Birth of a Terror Cult
From post-war Japan's democratic awakening to campus riots and a hijacked jetliner, discover how idealistic students forged the Red Army Faction and linked arms with Palestinian militants.
Ep 2:
Siege in the Snow
Police crackdowns force the Red Army underground, splintering into rival factions—culminating in a mountain siege and a horrifying discovery that shocks the nation.
Ep 3:
The Queen Takes Flight
Meet Fusako Shigenobu, the 'Queen of Terror' who built a global network from Beirut, as the JRA's massacre at Lod Airport thrusts them onto the world stage.
Ep 4:
Embassies Under Fire
The JRA's terror spreads across Europe and Asia—embassy sieges, hijackings, and airport bloodshed—as the group grows bolder and more entangled with global militant networks.
Ep 5:
After the Revolution
As communism collapses worldwide, the JRA's aging revolutionaries face capture, exile, and reckoning—forced to confront a cause that history has left behind.
Discussions (10)
Maximus
Level 10 · 7 mo agoRich kids killing their friends for being bourgeois is 100% irony. They were just bored sociopaths.
Susan
Level 4 · 7 mo agoFrom soy sauce clerk to Queen of Terror? That is quite the career pivot! Talk about a resume update. 😂
Preston
Level 3 · 7 mo agoKilling friends is sick.
