What the records say
- When
- 21 Oct 1968
- Kind
- Riot
- Coordinates
- 35.69° N, 139.72° E
- Description
- 1968 riot in Japan
Placed at the middle of the 4 places Wikidata lists.
Shinjuku riot
Violent protest in Tokyo, 21 October 1968
The Shinjuku riot 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".
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- Wikidata: riots, protests, strikes and revoltsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “国際反戦デーで新宿駅を新左翼の学生らが占拠（「新宿解放区」）。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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