Seikijuku

Seikijuku (正氣塾, "Sane Thinkers School") is a far right^[1] Japanese imperialist group based in Nagasaki Prefecture, founded in 1981. The group was responsible for a number of violent incidents, including the 1990 near-fatal shooting of the mayor of Nagasaki Hitoshi Motoshima who stated that Emperor Shōwa was responsible for the war.^[2] In 1984, the group disrupted a Fuji TV recording session with flares.^[3]

See also

• Political extremism in Japan
• Uyoku dantai

Sources

• World Notes Japan Time. 24 Jun 2001.

References

1. Merkl, Peter H. (25 April 1993). "Chapter Conclusion: A New Lease on Life for the Radical Right?". Encounters With The Contemporary Radical Right. New York. ISBN 9780429034404.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
2. 正氣塾表題 Archived 2008-02-25 at the Wayback Machine
3. 『中日新聞』1984年2月17日付夕刊