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Draft:Masashi Daidōji

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In this Japanese name, the surname is Daidōji.

Daidōji Masashi (大道寺 将司, June 5th, 1948 - May 24th, 2017) was a member of the Japanese terrorist organization the East Asia Anti-Japan Armed Front (東アジア反日武装戦線, Higashi Ajia Hannichi Busō Sensen, EAAJAF), a leader of the EAAJAF's "wolf cell", and a Haiku poet. He was the husband of Daidōji Ayako. He was one of the authors of Hara Hara Tokei, a manual describing tactics for guerrillas and methods of bomb-making. For his involvement in the EAAJAF's acts of terrorism, in particular the 1974 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries bombing[1] and the Bombing of the Fusetsu no Gunzo and Institute of Northern Cultures, he was sentenced to death row,[2] where he died of Multiple myeloma.[3] Prior to his death, he apologized for his involvement in the EAAJAF.[4] A Korean documentary Kim Mi-rye, named "East-Asia Anti-Japan Armed Front" after the group, tells the story of the group and its terrorist attacks.[5] While imprisoned, Daidōji Masashi published collections of poetry as well as collections of his correspondence through the assistance of his cousin, one of three people he was allowed to communicate with while on death row.[6]

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  1. ^ Andrews, William (2016). Dissenting Japan: A history of Japanese radicalism and counterculture from 1945 to Fukushima. Oxford University Press (published 8/15/2016). ISBN 9781849045797. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |publication-date= (help)
  2. ^ Wallace, Bruce (2006-03-02). "Awaiting Death's Footsteps". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
  3. ^ NEWS, KYODO. "Death-row inmate convicted of serial bombings in 1970s dies in prison". Kyodo News+. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
  4. ^ "Death row inmate apologizes to victims of 1974 bombing".
  5. ^ Ji-won, Choi (2020-08-05). "A look at Japanese imperialism from perspective of the guilty". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
  6. ^ Amnesty International. AI Index ASA 22/06/95: Japan: Prisoners on Death Row Wait for Secret, Random Execution © Amnesty International.