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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]
Otoya Yamaguchi (山口 二矢, Yamaguchi Otoya, 22 February 1943 – 2 November 1960) was a Japanese right-wing ultranationalist youth who assassinated Inejirō Asanuma, chairman of the Japan Socialist Party, on 12 October 1960.
Inejiro Asanuma (浅沼 稲次郎, Asanuma Inejirō, 27 December 1898 – 12 October 1960) was a Japanese politician and leader of the Japan Socialist Party. During World War II , Asanuma was aligned with the Imperial Rule Assistance Association and advocated for war in Asia .
Inejiro Asanuma, Socialist Party of Japan chairman Otoya Yamaguchi: While Asanuma spoke from the lectern at Tokyo's Hibiya Hall during a televised debate, Yamaguchi rushed onstage and ran his wakizashi (a type of traditional Japanese sword) through Asanuma's abdomen, killing him. 18 June 1985 Kazuo Nagano, fraudster Masakazu Yano and Atsuo Iida
The assassination of Inejiro Asanuma: 1: Hibiya, Tokyo: The head of the Japan Socialist Party is stabbed to death by a 17-year-old right-wing extremist Otoya Yamaguchi at a televised rally. 1960: Poisoned Milk Murders [2] 3: Saitama Prefecture: A 31-year-old man who was working for the then state-owned Japan National Railways, had ordered milk ...
October 12 – The Assassination of Inejirō Asanuma - Japan Socialist Party Chairman Inejirō Asanuma is assassinated by a right-wing ultra-nationalist teenager Otoya Yamaguchi while speaking in a televised political debate in Tokyo. [12] December 1 – Striking coal miners at the Miike Coal Mine return to work, ending the 312-day Miike ...
Original – Japanese socialist politician Inejiro Asanuma (61) being stabbed a second time by right-wing ultranationalist Otoya Yamaguchi (17), killing him. This photograph won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize for Photography and World Press Photo of the Year.
Hisatake Abo, Nagao's picture editor, told Nagao to cover a debate at Hibiya Hall. As Yamaguchi charged Asanuma, Nagao changed the focus to fifteen feet from ten feet. [1] "Tokyo Stabbing", Nagao's famous photograph. Nagao won the 1960 World Press Photo of the Year award and the 1961 Pulitzer Prize. The first award allowed Nagao to travel ...