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The Japanese Red Army (日本赤軍 Nihon Sekigun JRA) was a communist militant group founded by Fusako Shigenobu early in 1971 in Lebanon. After the Lod airport massacre it sometimes called itself Arab-JRA. The JRA’s stated goals were to overthrow the Japanese government and the monarchy as well as to start a world revolution.The group was also known as the Anti-Imperialist International Brigade (AIIB) Holy War Brigade the Anti-War Democratic Front.