2-26 Incident

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attempted coup d'état historical event military insurrection

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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Label	Occurrences
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	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of 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	Showa era ⓘ surface form: Shōwa period 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	Government of Japan ⓘ surface form: Japanese government civilian political leadership ⓘ military high command ⓘ

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February 26 Incident → alsoKnownAs → 2-26 Incident ⓘ

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