Definition of Japanese Red Army

1. Noun. A terrorist group organized in 1970 to overthrow the Japanese government and monarchy and to foment world revolution; is said to have close ties with Palestinian terrorists. "In 1972 the Japanese Red Army was responsible for a massacre at an airport in Israel"


Lexicographical Neighbors of Japanese Red Army

Japan bittersweet
Japan cedar
Japan current
Japan tallow
Japan wax
Japanazi
Japanazis
Japanese
Japanese-speaking
Japanese Archipelago
Japanese B encephalitis virus
Japanese Bobtail
Japanese Bobtails
Japanese Giant Salamanders
Japanese Islands
Japanese Red Army (current term)
Japanese Sign Language
Japanese allspice
Japanese amberjack
Japanese andromeda
Japanese angelica tree
Japanese apricot
Japanese banana
Japanese barberry
Japanese barnyard millet
Japanese beech
Japanese beetle
Japanese bittersweet
Japanese black pine
Japanese brome

Literary usage of Japanese Red Army

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Terrorist Group Profiles (1993)
"Background The Japanese Red Army (JRA) terrorist group was formed in 1971 by Fusako ... While serving as liaison between the Japanese Red Army Faction and ..."

2. Technology Against Terrorism: The Federal Effort (1992)
"... Abu Nidal Organization (Libya); Abu Ibrahim (15 May) Organization (Iraq). k Asia: Japanese Red Army (Japan); New People's Army (Philippines). ..."

3. When the Lights Go Out, and Never Come Back On: Nuclear Terrorism in America by Bruce Hoffman, United States Dept. of Energy, Rand Corporation (1987)
"The Japanese Red Army has not conducted any terrorist op recent reports of activities by Japnese Red Army members in Lei group organization or activity. ..."

4. Technology Against Terrorism: Structuring Security (1994)
"State sponsorship Terrorist groups that have some of these characteristics include the Japanese Red Army, Red Army Faction, US white-supremacist groups ..."

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