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The radical movement among Japanese students was brought to wide public attention with an airplane hijacking in 1970, but the escalation of student radicalism had begun a decade ago with the discussion of the US-Japan Security Treaty. Pol'al matters have formed the basis for many of the radical actions by students since then, esp from 1967 on, when the internat'l situation in Red China, Vietnain & North Korea became strained. But academic issues have also played a large part in the uprisings, as students have become disturbed by rising costs, entrance examinations, or the rigid hierarchy in the elite Sch's. The generations are perceived chronologically according to the historic watershed, WWII. Paradoxically, although the older generation is, in this consumer society, in charge of production, the young comprise its biggest customer group. While the status of youth as a whole has risen, that of the U student has declined. Students form the only proletariat & at the same time the only leisure class in contemporary society. Disillusioned by both the educ & the life style offered them, they search for a cause to which they can commit themselves, & often find it in radicalism. HA.