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Table 1 Chronology of Selected Chukaku-Ha Attacks
Location
Device Used
Comment
Flamethrower
7 May 1982
Military recruiting office Narita Airport offices
Building slightly damaged. Damaged two floors, first time device used.
1 March 1984
Truck-mounted launched incendiary device Launched incendiary device
10 August 1984
Camp Yao Airfield
19 September 1984
LDP Headquarters
Truck-mounted flamethrower
1 January 1985
US Consulate Kobe
Launched incendiary device
17 February 1985
Osaka Police unit
Truck-mounted launched incendiary device Incendiary device
20 February 1985
Narita Airport
Six bombs launched but none exploded. Fire damaged five floors, $2.4 million damage. Three rockets launched, no damage. Ten rockets launched, none exploded. Damaged building and two vehicles. Fiftcen bombs launched, hit several targets. No damage reported. Four rockets landed on runway, no damage. Slight damage to airport officials' homes.
12 April 1985
Haneda and Narita Airports
3 September 1985
Narita Airport Narita Airport
Truck-mounted launched incendiary devices Launched incendiary device Platform-launched incendiary device
I November 1985
20 November 1985
Narita Airport sites
Incendiary devices
29 November 1985
Tokyo, Osaka, southern Japan
Cut railroad lines, firebombed rail station
$10.2 million damage, halted rail service. No disruption of rail service.
29 January 1986
Tokyo
Incendiary devices set near railroad lincs
8 February 1986
Narita Airport sites
Damage limited to equipment.
Incendiary devices sct at Narita Airport sites
(b)(3)
Counterbalancing the group's enhanced weapons capabilities is its loss of support because of the general decline in popularity of the leftists in Japan. In part, the public has become disillusioned with constant bickering among the radical movement's leaders. More important, issues long identified with the radical movement--for example, opposition to US-Japanese defense ties-no longer provoke interest among Japanese students. The loss in student support poses a problem because students—unlike members with jobs can frequently be counted on to give full-time commitments to group activities. The loss is also adversely affecting Chukaku-ha's finances, because it used to derive much of its funding from student associations. (b)(3)
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