Ni-niroku Jiken

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Ni-niroku Jiken was a 1936 attempted coup d'état in Japan led by young Imperial Japanese Army officers, which marked a critical turning point in the rise of militarism before World War II.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Ni-niroku Jiken canonical 2
2·26 Jiken 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf attempted coup d'état ⓘ
military rebellion ⓘ
political incident ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 2-26 Incident ⓘ
2·26 Jiken ⓘ
linked to: Ni-niroku Jiken

February 26 Incident ⓘ
casualties multiple assassinations of government leaders ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
date 1936-02-26 ⓘ
emperorAction Emperor Hirohito ordered the rebellion suppressed ⓘ
emperorRole Emperor Hirohito condemned the uprising ⓘ
linked to: Emperor Hirohito
endDate 1936-02-29 ⓘ
goal establish a military government loyal to the Emperor ⓘ
purge government and military leadership ⓘ
hasLanguage Japanese ⓘ
historicalContext prelude to World War II in Asia ⓘ
rise of Japanese militarism ⓘ
historicalPeriod Shōwa era ⓘ
linked to: Showa era
impact accelerated erosion of parliamentary democracy in Japan ⓘ
marked a critical turning point in the rise of militarism in Japan ⓘ
weakened civilian political parties ⓘ
JapaneseName 二・二六事件 ⓘ
ledBy young Imperial Japanese Army officers ⓘ
legalOutcome court-martial of rebel officers ⓘ
execution of several leaders ⓘ
location Tokyo ⓘ
namedAfter date 2-26 (February 26) ⓘ
numberOfParticipants approximately 1,400 soldiers ⓘ
opposedFaction Tōseiha faction ⓘ
linked to: Kōdōha faction
organizedBy radical junior officers of the Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
partOf history of the Shōwa period ⓘ
political history of Japan ⓘ
perpetrator Imperial Japanese Army radical officers ⓘ
perpetratorFaction Kōdōha faction ⓘ
relatedTo Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
Japanese militarism ⓘ
May 15 Incident ⓘ
result coup attempt failed ⓘ
rise of Tōseiha influence ⓘ
strengthening of military control over Japanese politics ⓘ
suppression of Kōdōha faction ⓘ
startDate 1936-02-26 ⓘ
triggeredBy political and economic discontent in early Shōwa period ⓘ
victim Admiral Kantarō Suzuki (wounded) ⓘ
Finance Minister Korekiyo Takahashi ⓘ
General Jōtarō Watanabe (Army Inspector General of Military Education) ⓘ
Home Minister Keisuke Okada (target, survived; his brother-in-law killed) ⓘ
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Makino Nobuaki (target, survived) ⓘ
Takashi Hara cabinet members and senior officials ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

February 26 Incident → alsoKnownAs → Ni-niroku Jiken ⓘ
Ni-niroku Jiken → alsoKnownAs → 2·26 Jiken ⓘ
linked to: Ni-niroku Jiken
2-26 Incident → alsoKnownAs → Ni-niroku Jiken ⓘ