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Thousands of Japanese police stormed the University of Tokyo after six months of nationwide leftist university student protests and occupations.

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University of Tokyo

Public research university in Japan

The University of Tokyo is a public research university in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 1877 as the nation's first modern university by the merger of several pre-westernisation era institutions, its direct precursors include the Tenmongata, founded in 1684, and the…
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1968–1969 Japanese university protests

Student protests in Japan

In 1968 and 1969, student protests at several Japanese universities ultimately forced the closure of campuses across Japan. Known as daigaku funsō or daigaku tōsō, the protests were part of the worldwide protest cycle in 1968 and the late-1960s Japanese protest cycle, including…
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