Red Flag Incident
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The Red Flag Incident (Japanese: 赤旗事件, Hepburn: Akahata Jiken) refers to a political rally that took place in Tokyo, Japan, on June 22, 1908.
In the mixed political climate of the late
In later trials, most of the arrested were found guilty and received sentences of one year or more, with Ōsugi receiving the longest prison term (of two and a half years). Although a relatively minor event in the complicated history of Meiji politics, it gained notability later, when the incarceration of certain participants in the rally (including Ōsugi, Yamakawa and Arahata) protected them from being involved in a much more prominent crackdown, the High Treason Incident, which resulted in a number of activists being sentenced to death.
This incident marked the start of stronger government action against the socialist movement in Japan.[2]
See also
References
- ^ Mikhailova, Yulia (2011). "Representations of Japan and Russian-Japanese Relations in Russian Newspapers: 1906-1910" (PDF). Acta Slavica Iaponica (30): 59.
- OCLC 1014734032.