After twenty years, Shigenobu Fusako, the face of the infamous international Japanese Red Army, will see the end of her prison sentence.
Shigenobu Fusako vowed to take the Japanese Red Army global. Her mission ended with dozens of innocent deaths.
How did Mayim Mayim, a song every Jewish kid knows by heart, end up a staple of Japanese society, featured in anime, films, and memes?
Author Noah Oskow travels to Lithuania to connect with his own Jewish past at Sugihara Chiune’s consulate, now a memorial to the savior of 6000 Jews.
How a string of violent attacks and a shifting political landscape spelled the end for the Japanese Red Army.
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