Popular Front Incident Explained

The refers to the Imperial Japanese government's suppression of a perceived threat from socialists and communists after the fall of Nanjing during the Shōwa period.^[1] During the incident, approximately 400 people were arrested by the authorities between December 1937 and February 1938.^[2] Amongst those arrested during the incident were Kanson Arahata, Saburō Eda, Ryōkichi Minobe, Itsurō Sakisaka, Kōzō Sasaki, Mosaburō Suzuki, Minoru Takano, and Hitoshi Yamakawa.^{[3] [4]}

See also

• Japanese dissidence during the Shōwa period
• Yokohama Incident

Notes and References

1. Book: Writing War: Soldiers Record the Japanese Empire . Harvard University Press . Moore, Aaron William . 2013 . 335 . 9780674059061.
2. Book: Academic Freedom and the Japanese Imperial University 1868–1939 . limited . University of California Press . Marshall, Byron K. . 1992 . 205 . 9780520912533.
3. Book: Grassroots Pacifism in Post-War Japan: The Rebirth of a Nation . limited . Routledge Curzon . Yamamoto, Mari . 2004 . 60 . 9780415335812.
4. Book: Historical Dictionary of Postwar Japan . Scarecrow Press . Hoover, William D. . 2011 . 181 . 9780810854604.