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The Resource Destiny : the secret operations of the Yodogō exiles, by Kōji Takazawa ; edited by Patricia G. Steinhoff with the translation assistance of Lina J. Terrell, Ryoko Yamamoto, Kazumi Higashikubo, Shinji Kojima, Eiko Saeki, Kazutoh Ishida, and Midori Ishida

Destiny : the secret operations of the Yodogō exiles, by Kōji Takazawa ; edited by Patricia G. Steinhoff with the translation assistance of Lina J. Terrell, Ryoko Yamamoto, Kazumi Higashikubo, Shinji Kojima, Eiko Saeki, Kazutoh Ishida, and Midori Ishida

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"In 1970, nine members of a Japanese New Left group called the Red Army Faction hijacked a domestic airliner to North Korea with dreams of acquiring the military training to bring about a revolution in Japan. The North Korean government accepted the hijackers-who became known in the media as the YodogM group, based on the name of the hijacked plane-and two years later they announced their conversion to juche, North Korea's new political ideology. Little was heard from the exiles until 1988, when a member of YodogM was unexpectedly arrested in Japan, and communications with the group opened up in the context of his trial. As a former Red Army Faction member, journalist KMji Takazawa made several trips to North Korea, re-established his ties to the group's leader Takamaro Tamiya, and helped to publish the group's writings in Japan. After Kim Il Sung revealed that YodogM members had Japanese wives, Takazawa published a book of interviews with the women, but in the process became suspicious about the romantic stories they told. He also wondered about the members who were missing, and learned more details in long, private conversations with Tamiya. After Tamiya's sudden death in 1995, Takazawa launched his own investigation of what the group had actually been doing for two decades, even traveling to Europe to follow traces there. An example of superb investigative journalism, Destiny: The Secret Operations of the YodogM Exiles offers KMji Takazawa's powerful story of how he exposed the YodogM group's involvement in the kidnapping and luring of several young Japanese to North Korea, as well as the truth behind their Japanese wives' presence in the country. Takazawa's careful research was validated in 2002, when the North Korean government publicly acknowledged it had kidnapped thirteen Japanese citizens during the 1970s and 1980s, including three people whom Takazawa had connected to the YodogM hijackers. Embedded in his pursuit toward what truly happened to the YodogM members is Takazawa's personal reflection of the 1970s, a decade when radical student activism swept Japan, and what it meant to those whose lives were forever changed" --
Language
  • eng
  • jpn
  • eng
Work
Publication
Extent
xvi, 452 pages
Contents
  • 5.
  • Pyongyang
  • 6.
  • Ideological Remolding
  • 7.
  • Kim's Golden Eggs
  • 8.
  • The Secret Invitation
  • 9.
  • Secret Crossing
  • 1.
  • 10.
  • Japanese Wives in North Korea
  • 11.
  • Operation Marriage
  • 12.
  • Japanese Village of the Revolution
  • 13.
  • Disappearances in Madrid
  • 14.
  • Proof of Life
  • The Classical Music Coffee House
  • 15.
  • The Trap in London
  • 16.
  • Tivoli Summer
  • 17.
  • Smuggling Syndicate
  • 18.
  • Two-Faced Janus
  • 19.
  • Contact
  • 2.
  • 20.
  • Vienna Operation
  • 21.
  • Shadows in the Background
  • 22.
  • Whereabouts Unknown
  • 23.
  • The House of the Bayberry Tree
  • 24.
  • Ideological Conflict
  • Sky Pirates
  • 25.
  • Escape to the Sea
  • 26.
  • Worthless Fabrications
  • 27.
  • Infiltration into Japan
  • 28.
  • Betrayal
  • 29.
  • Campaign in Japan
  • 3.
  • 30.
  • Retreat
  • 31.
  • Loss of the Homeland
  • 32.
  • Labyrinths of Time
  • 33.
  • Pact of Silence
  • Airport in Disguise
  • 4.
  • Exile into Darkness
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9780824872793
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Destiny : the secret operations of the Yodogō exiles
Title
Destiny
Title remainder
the secret operations of the Yodogō exiles
Statement of responsibility
by Kōji Takazawa ; edited by Patricia G. Steinhoff with the translation assistance of Lina J. Terrell, Ryoko Yamamoto, Kazumi Higashikubo, Shinji Kojima, Eiko Saeki, Kazutoh Ishida, and Midori Ishida
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Contributor
Author
Editor
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Language
  • eng
  • jpn
  • eng
Summary
"In 1970, nine members of a Japanese New Left group called the Red Army Faction hijacked a domestic airliner to North Korea with dreams of acquiring the military training to bring about a revolution in Japan. The North Korean government accepted the hijackers-who became known in the media as the YodogM group, based on the name of the hijacked plane-and two years later they announced their conversion to juche, North Korea's new political ideology. Little was heard from the exiles until 1988, when a member of YodogM was unexpectedly arrested in Japan, and communications with the group opened up in the context of his trial. As a former Red Army Faction member, journalist KMji Takazawa made several trips to North Korea, re-established his ties to the group's leader Takamaro Tamiya, and helped to publish the group's writings in Japan. After Kim Il Sung revealed that YodogM members had Japanese wives, Takazawa published a book of interviews with the women, but in the process became suspicious about the romantic stories they told. He also wondered about the members who were missing, and learned more details in long, private conversations with Tamiya. After Tamiya's sudden death in 1995, Takazawa launched his own investigation of what the group had actually been doing for two decades, even traveling to Europe to follow traces there. An example of superb investigative journalism, Destiny: The Secret Operations of the YodogM Exiles offers KMji Takazawa's powerful story of how he exposed the YodogM group's involvement in the kidnapping and luring of several young Japanese to North Korea, as well as the truth behind their Japanese wives' presence in the country. Takazawa's careful research was validated in 2002, when the North Korean government publicly acknowledged it had kidnapped thirteen Japanese citizens during the 1970s and 1980s, including three people whom Takazawa had connected to the YodogM hijackers. Embedded in his pursuit toward what truly happened to the YodogM members is Takazawa's personal reflection of the 1970s, a decade when radical student activism swept Japan, and what it meant to those whose lives were forever changed" --
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Takazawa, Kōji
Dewey number
322.4/20952
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
Index
index present
Language note
Translated from the Japanese
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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  • 1941-
  • 1969-
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  • Steinhoff, Patricia G.
  • Terrell, Lina
  • Yamamoto, Ryoko
  • Higashikubo, Kazumi
  • Kojima, Shinji
  • Saeki, Eiko
  • Ishida, Kazutoh
  • Ishida, Midori
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  • Nihon Sekigun
  • Nihon Sekigun
  • Radicals
  • Japanese
  • Japanese
  • Radicals
  • Japan
  • Korea (North)
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Destiny : the secret operations of the Yodogō exiles, by Kōji Takazawa ; edited by Patricia G. Steinhoff with the translation assistance of Lina J. Terrell, Ryoko Yamamoto, Kazumi Higashikubo, Shinji Kojima, Eiko Saeki, Kazutoh Ishida, and Midori Ishida
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 443-444) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • 5.
  • Pyongyang
  • 6.
  • Ideological Remolding
  • 7.
  • Kim's Golden Eggs
  • 8.
  • The Secret Invitation
  • 9.
  • Secret Crossing
  • 1.
  • 10.
  • Japanese Wives in North Korea
  • 11.
  • Operation Marriage
  • 12.
  • Japanese Village of the Revolution
  • 13.
  • Disappearances in Madrid
  • 14.
  • Proof of Life
  • The Classical Music Coffee House
  • 15.
  • The Trap in London
  • 16.
  • Tivoli Summer
  • 17.
  • Smuggling Syndicate
  • 18.
  • Two-Faced Janus
  • 19.
  • Contact
  • 2.
  • 20.
  • Vienna Operation
  • 21.
  • Shadows in the Background
  • 22.
  • Whereabouts Unknown
  • 23.
  • The House of the Bayberry Tree
  • 24.
  • Ideological Conflict
  • Sky Pirates
  • 25.
  • Escape to the Sea
  • 26.
  • Worthless Fabrications
  • 27.
  • Infiltration into Japan
  • 28.
  • Betrayal
  • 29.
  • Campaign in Japan
  • 3.
  • 30.
  • Retreat
  • 31.
  • Loss of the Homeland
  • 32.
  • Labyrinths of Time
  • 33.
  • Pact of Silence
  • Airport in Disguise
  • 4.
  • Exile into Darkness
Control code
1885870
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xvi, 452 pages
Isbn
9780824872793
Lccn
2016059830
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
40027346512
Other physical details
illustrations, map
Specific material designation
regular print
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9780824872793
  • (OCoLC)968212134
Label
Destiny : the secret operations of the Yodogō exiles, by Kōji Takazawa ; edited by Patricia G. Steinhoff with the translation assistance of Lina J. Terrell, Ryoko Yamamoto, Kazumi Higashikubo, Shinji Kojima, Eiko Saeki, Kazutoh Ishida, and Midori Ishida
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 443-444) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • 5.
  • Pyongyang
  • 6.
  • Ideological Remolding
  • 7.
  • Kim's Golden Eggs
  • 8.
  • The Secret Invitation
  • 9.
  • Secret Crossing
  • 1.
  • 10.
  • Japanese Wives in North Korea
  • 11.
  • Operation Marriage
  • 12.
  • Japanese Village of the Revolution
  • 13.
  • Disappearances in Madrid
  • 14.
  • Proof of Life
  • The Classical Music Coffee House
  • 15.
  • The Trap in London
  • 16.
  • Tivoli Summer
  • 17.
  • Smuggling Syndicate
  • 18.
  • Two-Faced Janus
  • 19.
  • Contact
  • 2.
  • 20.
  • Vienna Operation
  • 21.
  • Shadows in the Background
  • 22.
  • Whereabouts Unknown
  • 23.
  • The House of the Bayberry Tree
  • 24.
  • Ideological Conflict
  • Sky Pirates
  • 25.
  • Escape to the Sea
  • 26.
  • Worthless Fabrications
  • 27.
  • Infiltration into Japan
  • 28.
  • Betrayal
  • 29.
  • Campaign in Japan
  • 3.
  • 30.
  • Retreat
  • 31.
  • Loss of the Homeland
  • 32.
  • Labyrinths of Time
  • 33.
  • Pact of Silence
  • Airport in Disguise
  • 4.
  • Exile into Darkness
Control code
1885870
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xvi, 452 pages
Isbn
9780824872793
Lccn
2016059830
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
40027346512
Other physical details
illustrations, map
Specific material designation
regular print
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9780824872793
  • (OCoLC)968212134

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