Destiny: The Secret Operations of the YodogÅ Exiles
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| Rating | : | 4.58 (913 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B06XDYV8KN |
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| Number of Pages | : | 216 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-10-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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He also wondered about the members who were missing and learned more details in long, private conversations with Tamiya. In 1970, nine members of a Japanese New Left group called the Red Army Faction hijacked a domestic airliner to North Korea with dreams of acquiring the military training to bring about a revolution in Japan. After Kim Il Sung revealed that Yodog members had Japanese wives, Takazawa published a book of interviews with the women, but in the process became suspicious about the romantic stories they told. After Tamiya’s sudden death in 1995, Takazawa launched his own investigation of what the group had actually been doing for two decades, even traveling to Europe to follow traces there. Embedded in his pursuit toward what truly happened to the Yodog members is Takazawa’s personal reflection of the 1970s, a decade when radical student activism swept Japan, and what it meant to those whose lives were forever changed.. Little was heard from the exiles until 1988, when a member of Yodog was unexpectedly arrested in Japan, and communications with the group opened up in the context of his trial.As a former Red Army Faction member, journalist Kji Takazawa made several trips to North Korea,
He is a leading authority on the Japanese New Left and has close ties to some of its surviving participants and institutions.Patricia G. Kji Takazawa (Author) Kji Takazawa is a former student activist who later went on to become a prolific author, editor, and independent investigative journalist. St
Takazawa describes how the group, originally part of the Japanese New Left, was systematically brainwashed to be ardent followers of Juche, the official ideology of North Korea as established in 1972 by Kim Il Sung. Takazawa's detailed research, which included numerous trips to North Korea and interviews with Yodogo group members, makes this important reading for those who want to understand radical revolutionary movements, particularly in East Asia.-- "Publishers Weekly"