ThePopular Front Incident (人民戦線事件,Jinmin sensen jiken) refers to theImperial Japanese government's suppression of a perceived threat from socialists and communists after the fall ofNanjing during theShōwa period.[1] During the incident, approximately 400 people were arrested by the authorities between December 1937 and February 1938.[2] Amongst those arrested during the incident wereKanson Arahata,Saburō Eda,Ryōkichi Minobe,Itsurō Sakisaka,Kōzō Sasaki,Mosaburō Suzuki,Minoru Takano, andHitoshi Yamakawa.[3][4]
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