Tracing Japanese Leftist Political Activism (1957 - 2017) tells the story of the Japanese Red Army (JRA), a militant left-wing group founded in 1971 which was involved in numerous terrorist attacks.

PART ONE: TOKYO (1957-1973) Introduction: The Boomerang Flying Transnational Section One: The Rise and Fall of Student Radicalism 1. The Birth of the Japanese New Left 2. The First Bund 3. Ampo 4. Zengakuren's Gangster Shogun? 5. Profiling Zengakuren 6. The Return of Ikki Kita 7. Icarus Falling - The Second Bund 8. "Disorganize Tokyo Imperialist University!" Section Two: Beheiren 9. The Riddle of Shunsuke Tsurumi 10. Voiceless Voices - The Rise of Beheiren 11. The Intrepid Four 12. Beheiren's War 13. "Destroy from Within" Section Three: Red Army 14. Sekigun! 15. The Yodogo Hijack 16. Sixteen Gravestones - Rengo Sekigun 17. Tsuneo Umenai Declares War PART TWO: GOING TRANSNATIONAL (1972-2017) Section Four: Arab and Japanese Red Army 18. Slaughter at the Airport 19. Paris Underground 20. Takahashi in the Curiel Network 21. Pyongyang Calling 22. The Hague 23. The Stockholm Arrests 24. Crisis in Kuala Lumpur 25. Trapping Takahashi Section Five: Return to Japan 26. After Dhaka 27. O! Japan 28. Station to Station Conclusion: Man of Ghosts