Assassination of Inejirō Asanuma
1960 murder in Tokyo, Japan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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On 12 October 1960, Inejirō Asanuma (浅沼 稲次郎, Asanuma Inejirō), chairman of the Japan Socialist Party, was assassinated at Hibiya Public Hall in Tokyo. During a televised debate, 17-year-old right-wing ultranationalist Otoya Yamaguchi charged onto the stage and fatally stabbed Asanuma with a wakizashi, a type of traditional short sword.[1] Yamaguchi committed suicide while in custody.
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Assassination of Inejirō Asanuma | |
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Part of the Anpo Counter-Protests and far-right assassinations in post-war Japan | |
Location | Hibiya Public Hall, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan |
Date | October 12, 1960; 63 years ago (1960-10-12) 3:05 p.m. (UTC+09:00) |
Target | Inejirō Asanuma, Chairman of the Japan Socialist Party |
Attack type | Assassination by stabbing |
Weapon | Wakizashi[1] |
Deaths | 2 (Asanuma and the perpetrator who committed suicide on November 2, 1960) |
Perpetrator | Otoya Yamaguchi |
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The assassination weakened the Japan Socialist Party,[2] inspired a series of copycat crimes,[3] and made Yamaguchi an enduring hero and subsequently a martyr to the Greater Japan Patriotic Party[4] and other Japanese far-right groups.[3]