Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Bombing

Date: August 30, 1974 • Location: Chiyoda-ku, Japan

A bomb exploded at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries headquarters in Marunouchi, Tokyo, killing eight people.

On 30 August 1974, the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, was bombed, killing eight people and injuring at least 376 others. The bombing was committed by the East Asia Anti-Japan Armed Front, a far-left, anti-Japanese militant organization, against Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for supplying the United States Armed Forces during the Vietnam War.