Note 1: The official name of the group is the Japan Revolutionary Communist League (Revolutionary Marxist Faction).

2: The official name of the group is the National Committee of the Japan Revolutionary Communist League.

3: The official name of the group is the Revolutionary Workers’ Association (Liberation Faction of the Socialist Youth League).

4: The official name of the group is the Revolutionary Workers’ Association (Liberation Faction).

## (2) Implementation of countermeasures towards ultra-leftist violent groups

The police have been promoting various countermeasures by investigating cases related to ultra-leftist violent groups and implementing house-to-house searches of apartments for underground hideouts as well as by soliciting broad information from citizens through PR activities using posters and other media.

Within 2009, the police arrested a total of 61 suspects including activists for ultra-leftist violent groups.

Diagram 4-11 Cooperation to Detect the Hideouts of Ultra-leftist Violent Groups

3. Trends in Rightist Movements and Countermeasures

## (1) Trends in Rightist Movements

## 1 ) Development of Criticism Activities

During 2009, rightists were particularly engaged in persistent criticism activities concerning the launching of a missile by North Korea and the policies of the Japanese government after the change of administration, and other issues.

The Japanese government and related countries were criticized on issues such as the dispute with China on the development of resources in the East China Sea, the dispute with South Korea on the Takeshima Island territorial problems, and the dispute with Russia over the Northern Territories.

The number of groups, people, and loudspeaker trucks which the rightists mobilized for the criticism activities above are shown in Table 4-4.

Citizens’ movements against suffrage for foreign nationals were carried out nationwide based on claims for nationalism and exclusionism, and skirmishes against opposition forces were recognized in some areas

Table 4-4 Numbers Mobilized Involving Criticism Activities by Rightists (2009)

Number of Organizations Mobilized	Number of Persons Mobilized (persons)	Number of Loudspeaker Truck Mobilized (trucks)
Criticism against Japanese Government (after a change in administration)	Approximately 1480	Approximately 4260	Approximately 1200
Regarding China	Approximately 2690	Approximately 7900	Approximately 2350
Regarding North Korea	Approximately 1560	Approximately 4610	Approximately 1280
Regarding South Korea	Approximately 1190	Approximately 3800	Approximately 990
Regarding Russia	Northern Territories Day (7 February)	Approximately 190	Approximately 680	Approximately 220
Anti-Russian Day (9 August)	Approximately 340	Approximately 1870	Approximately 510

## 2 ) Trends in Rightist-Related Incidents

In 2009, there were no occurrences of terrorism or guerilla incidents. However, in August 2009, an offense in violation of the Act for Controlling the Possession of Firearms or Swords and Other Such Weapons occurred in front of the National Diet Building, where a leading member of a rightist group stabbed his abdomen with a dagger holding a document criticizing the political stance of Diet members.