1974 French Embassy attack in The HagueW
1974 French Embassy attack in The Hague

The 1974 French Embassy attack in The Hague was an attack and siege on the French Embassy in The Hague in the Netherlands starting on Friday 13 September 1974. Three members of the Japanese Red Army (JRA) stormed the embassy, allegedly on the orders of their leader Fusako Shigenobu, demanding the release of their member Yatsuka Furuya. The ambassador and ten other people were taken hostage. The siege and negotiations lasted five days, resulting in the release of Furuya, the embassy hostages and a safe flight out of the Netherlands for the terrorists. During the incident, a café in Paris was bombed which was linked to the embassy crisis.

Japan Air Lines Flight 351W
Japan Air Lines Flight 351

Japan Air Lines Flight 351 was hijacked by nine members of the Japanese Communist League-Red Army Faction on March 31, 1970, while flying from Tokyo to Fukuoka, in an incident usually referred to in Japanese as the Yodogo Hijacking Incident .

Japan Air Lines Flight 404W
Japan Air Lines Flight 404

Japan Air Lines Flight 404 was a passenger flight which was hijacked by Palestinian and Japanese terrorists on 20 July 1973.

Japan Air Lines Flight 472 (1977)W
Japan Air Lines Flight 472 (1977)

Japan Air Lines Flight 472 was an aircraft hijacking carried out by the Japanese Red Army (JRA) on 28 September 1977.

Yū KikumuraW
Yū Kikumura

Yū Kikumura was allegedly a member of the Japanese Red Army, an armed militant organization.

Lod Airport massacreW
Lod Airport massacre

The Lod Airport massacre was a terrorist attack that occurred on 30 May 1972, in which three members of the Japanese Red Army recruited by the Palestinian group called the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – External Operations (PFLP-EO), attacked Lod Airport near Tel Aviv, killing 26 people and injuring 80 others. Two of the attackers were killed, while a third, Kōzō Okamoto, was captured after being wounded.

Kōzō OkamotoW
Kōzō Okamoto

Kōzō Okamoto is a Japanese former communist, a terrorist, and member of the Japanese Red Army (JRA).

Haruo WakōW
Haruo Wakō

Haruo Wakō was a member of the armed militant group, the Japanese Red Army (JRA).