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The Shinjuku riot (Japanese: 新宿騒乱, Hepburn: Shinjuku sōran) was a violent clash between police and anti-Vietnam War protesters who occupied Shinjuku Station in Tokyo, Japan, on 21 October 1968. The incident took place in the context of mass demonstrations in observation of "International Anti-War Day".
The Vietnam War (also known by other names) was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and a major conflict of the Cold War.
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Of the approximately 12,000 names recognized, conflicts include the Spanish–American War, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Grenada, Iraq, and Afghanistan. The memorial is maintained by and located adjacent to the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center ( Japanese : 日米文化会館 ) in Little Tokyo .
The Japanese occupied Vietnam in September 1940 and remained there until the end of World War II (August 1945). The pretext for the invasion was Japan’s ongoing war with China, which began in 1937. By occupying Vietnam, Tokyo hoped to close off China’s southern border and halt its supply of weapons and materials.
Jan 15, 2022 · This chapter introduces how the Vietnam War influenced major events, groups, and ideas in Japan’s 1960s. 9 It focuses on the development and articulation of a set of anti-imperialist ideas intimately tied to the US war in Indochina and Japan’s role in that war.
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THE VIETNAM WAR: Vietnam was America’s longest and most controversial war. It divided the nation like nothing since the Civil War. It sent over 2.7 million young Americans to fight in the jungles and rice paddies of Southeast Asia. More than 58,000 Americans died there. Over 300,000 were wounded.
Sep 13, 2017 · The following Vietnam War timeline is a guide to the complex political and military issues involved in a war that would ultimately claim millions of lives. Vietnam Background: Uneasy French...
