1974 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries bombing
The East Asia Anti-Japan Armed Front (Higashi Ajia Hannichi Busō Sensen; EAAJAF) was a Japanese far-left organization, influenced by the New Left movement.On 14 August 1974, the EAAJAF tried to blow up the bridge over which Emperor Hirohito's royal train was travelling, which they code-named the "Rainbow Operation", but this was aborted because a member was spotted shortly before it was to be put into action.[1]: 194 The following day Mun Se-gwang, a Korean-Japanese member of Chongryon and a far-left militant organization tied to the EAAJAF, attempted to assassinate President Park Chung-hee of South Korea.[2] Members of the 'Wolf' (Ōkami) cell of EAAJAF planted two home-made time bombs containing 45 kilograms of explosives in a flower pot at the entrance of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' head office block in the busy Marunouchi district of Tokyo.[6] EAAJAF member and bombing participant Satoshi Kirishima, who had been hiding from the Japanese police since 1975,[8] revealed his identity in January 2024 in a hospital in Kanagawa, stating he wanted to die by his real name.