Military coup in Feb 26
- Shibuya ku Udagawa cho.
- The standing statue which is adjacent to the Shibuya taxation office.
- What is that?
- The memorial statue for Military coup in Feb 26.
- What is the Military coup in Feb 26?
- Young army officers had a coup d'etat in February 26, 1936.
- What did they do?
- They killed several politicians.
- And, they occupied the government area.
- How many soldiers were there?
- There were 1,483 soldiers.
- What did they insist on?
- Difference of the poverty and wealth.
- Financial combines and rich persons monopolized profit.
- That problem has nothing to do with the armed forces.
- The soldier of the country had many people who came from the poor family.
- Youths had dissatisfaction to politics.
- I think that It is not a cause of the coups d'etat.
- I know.
- There were two factions in the army.
- What are factions?
- Imperial Way faction.
- And, Controlling faction.
- Which had power?
- Controlling faction was advantageous.
- The politics of Japan adopted Controlling faction's opinion.
- Which caused a coup d'etat?
- Imperial Way faction.
- They intended to win the Emperor over to its side.
- Did the Emperor accept a coup d'etat?
- No way.
- They made the Emperor angry.
- 17 people were shot to death.
- Why did they think that a coup d'etat was permitted?
- This is because there was much killing of the politician by the army.
- The society was sympathetic to them.
- It is a gruesome tale.
- Yeah.
- I want to change my mind.
- Do you know that there is Shibuya River in Shibuya?
