This is some amazingly comedic footage: today, over 100 police officers raided the Tokyo headquarters of an ultra-leftist group.

First, as they’re trying to saw their way in, the group’s representative just opens a door and is like, dude just use the door

Then, the group’s representative takes each officer’s temperature and gives each permission to enter

Japan, never change https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤣" title="Lachend auf dem Boden rollen" aria-label="Emoji: Lachend auf dem Boden rollen">

Earlier this month the group’s leader, Takeo Shimizu, made his 1st public appearance in 51 years (!) at a rally, which is what triggered the raid: https://www.sankei.com/smp/premium/news/201007/prm2010070009-s1.html">https://www.sankei.com/smp/premi...

Known as Chukakuha in Japan, the ultra-leftist group is linked to a 1971 riot in Shibuya that left 1 officer dead. Here’s a NYT report on the incident:

https://www.nytimes.com/1971/11/20/archives/riots-by-tokyo-youths-bring-a-death-1785-arrests.html">https://www.nytimes.com/1971/11/2...