By William Andrews
Following the March 2011 tsunami and Fukushima nuclear obstacle, the media remarked with shock on how hundreds of thousands of demonstrators had flocked to the streets of Tokyo. yet mass protest pursuits are not anything new in Japan and the post-war interval skilled years of unrest and violence on either side of the political spectrum: from demos to riots, moves, campus occupations, faction infighting, assassinations or even foreign terrorism.
This is the 1st complete historical past in English of political radicalism and counterculture in Japan, in addition to the creative advancements in this turbulent time. It chronicles the main occasions and hobbies from 1945 to the hot flowering of protests and civil dissent within the wake of Fukushima. Introducing readers to occasionally neglected points of jap society, it explores the interesting ideologies and personalities at the correct and the Left, together with the coed move, militant teams and communes. whereas a few components parallel advancements in Europe and the US, a lot of Japan's radical contemporary prior (and current) is exclusive and gives priceless classes for knowing the context to the recent waves of anti-government protests the kingdom is at present witnessing.
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