2-26 Incident

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The 2-26 Incident was a 1936 attempted coup d'état in Tokyo by young Imperial Japanese Army officers that marked a major turning point in Japan’s shift toward militarism before World War II.

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2-26 Incident canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf attempted coup d'état ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
military insurrection ⓘ
alsoKnownAs February 26 Incident ⓘ
Ni-niroku Jiken ⓘ
casualties multiple assassinations of senior officials ⓘ
commandStructure junior officers acting largely without support of senior command ⓘ
country Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Japan
date 1936-02-26 ⓘ
endDate 1936-02-29 ⓘ
factionalContext conflict between Imperial Way Faction and Control Faction ⓘ
goal establish a Showa Restoration ⓘ
purge government and military leadership ⓘ
restore direct imperial rule ⓘ
historicalContext Shōwa period ⓘ
linked to: Showa era

pre-World War II Japan ⓘ
ideology anti-parliamentarianism ⓘ
militarism ⓘ
ultranationalism ⓘ
impactOnEmperor reinforced Emperor Hirohito’s opposition to military insubordination ⓘ
languageOfAlternateName Japanese ⓘ
legalAftermath court-martial of rebel officers ⓘ
execution of key conspirators ⓘ
location Japan ⓘ
Tokyo ⓘ
longTermImpact contributed to further radicalization of Japanese foreign policy ⓘ
helped pave the way for Japan’s path to World War II ⓘ
militaryBranchInvolved Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
notableTargetWhoSurvived Prime Minister Keisuke Okada ⓘ
notableVictim Finance Minister Korekiyo Takahashi ⓘ
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Makoto Saitō ⓘ
Takashi Hara’s successor Prime Minister Keisuke Okada’s relatives ⓘ
numberOfConspirators approximately 1,400 soldiers ⓘ
occupationOfAreas central Tokyo government district ⓘ
perpetrators Imperial Way Faction sympathizers ⓘ
young Imperial Japanese Army officers ⓘ
politicalConsequence increased dominance of the military in Japanese politics ⓘ
turning point in Japan’s shift toward militarism ⓘ
weakening of civilian party government ⓘ
precededBy economic and social unrest in early 1930s Japan ⓘ
growing factionalism within Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
result coup attempt failed ⓘ
rebels suppressed by loyalist forces ⓘ
startDate 1936-02-26 ⓘ
target Japanese government ⓘ
linked to: Government of Japan

civilian political leadership ⓘ
military high command ⓘ

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

February 26 Incident → alsoKnownAs → 2-26 Incident ⓘ
Ni-niroku Jiken → alsoKnownAs → 2-26 Incident ⓘ