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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]
Asanuma was the second to speak, and took the stage at 3:00 p.m. At 3:05 p.m., Yamaguchi rushed onto the stage and made a deep thrust into Asanuma's left flank with the 33-centimeter replica "wakizashi" he had stolen from his father. [note 3] He was subsequently thereafter swarmed and detained by bystanders.
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. Asanuma later became a forceful advocate of socialism in post-war Japan.
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
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.
The elections came near the end of a turbulent year marked by violent labour disputes at Mitsui Miike Coal Mine, the "May 19th Incident" in which Nobusuke Kishi and LDP lawmakers in the Diet forced the revised US-Japan Security Treaty through parliament (causing an upsurge in the Anpo protests), and the assassination of Japan Socialist Party (JSP) leader Inejirō Asanuma by wakizashi-wielding ...
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 ...
Nishio was one of the speakers at the televised election debate that witnessed the spectacular assassination of Socialist Party Chairman Inejirō Asanuma, and his party's prospects may have been further damaged by a sympathy vote in favor of the JSP in the wake of Asanuma's killing.