page_title: Zenkyoto
section_title: University of Tokyo
hierarchical_section_title: Zenkyoto / Major conflicts / University of Tokyo
caption_attribution_description: 日本語: 東京教育大の移転反対闘争で、文学部自治会は無期限ストライキに入った。正門前からE館（右）と本館（事務棟）を望む
context_page_description: The All Campus Joint Struggle Committee, commonly known as the Zenkyoto, was a basic Japanese student organization consisting of anti-Japanese Communist Party and non-sectarian radicals. Unlike other student movement organizations, graduate students and young teachers were allowed to participate. Active in the late 1960s, Zenkyoto was the driving force behind clashes between Japanese students and the police. Zenkyoto was not as political as it was a reaction to "American imperialism", Japanese "Monopoly Capitalism", and "Russian Stalinism". Much of the movement centered around nihilism and existentialism, which served as inspirations for revolution.
  Since individual Zenkyoto groups were formed independently at each university, their timing, purpose, organization and policies were unique. Among Zenkyoto groups at universities, Nihon University and the University of Tokyo are the most well-known. The media reported that University of Tokyo Zenkyoto members tried to "dismantle colleges". In their protests, University of Tokyo Zenkyoto members threw stones and Gebaruto Bou staves at police.
context_section_description: In January 1968, a dispute over the status of graduate students in the University of Tokyo Faculty of Medicine over the new Medical Doctors' Law which restricted employment opportunities and a judgement on a militant student made by the board led to mass protests in University of Tokyo. A Zenkyoto sprung up at the conflict in University of Tokyo, and Zenkyoto students occupied and fought in Yasuda Auditorium, which they had occupied in July, against riot police. In January 1969, 8500 riot police were called to Yasuda Auditorium to break up the protest.
caption: A sign at the University of Tokyo struggles, August 1968
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