Ashita no Joe
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Ashita no Joe, also known as Ashita no Joe: Fighting for Tomorrow, is a Japanese boxing manga series written by Asao Takamori and illustrated by Tetsuya Chiba. It follows drifter Joe Yabuki, who disco
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Joe Yabuki (left) and Tooru Rikiishi (right)
Japan Air Lines Flight 351
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Japan Air Lines Flight 351 was a scheduled passenger flight from Tokyo Haneda Airport to Fukuoka that was hijacked by members of the Red Army Faction of the Japan Communist League on March 31, 1970, i
Ashita no Joe
…like Joe Yabuki did and revered him as an icon. An example of this New Left influence were the members of the Japanese Red Army who took part in the Yodogo hijacking in 1970 and compared themselves to Joe as they saw a revolutionary message in the manga. During the hijack, they shouted "We are tomorrow's Joe!" Ashita…
JA8315, the aircraft involved in the hijacking, pictured in 1969