Narita Airport riots (video clip)

Narita riots

Narita riots

A video of the riots against the construction of Narita Airport in Tokyo, Japan during the 1970s.

The video is hosted on YouTube and has English subtitles. The riots included students and farmers protesting against the airport's construction, and involved pitched battles against the police with molotov cocktails and explosives.

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