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Yamaguchi was born on 22 February 1943 in Yanaka, Taitō ward, Tokyo.He was the second son of Shinpei Yamaguchi, who by 1960 would become a high-ranking officer in the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, and was the maternal grandson of the famous writer Namiroku Murakami, well known for his violent novels glorifying the chivalric code of Japanese organized crime syndicates known as the yakuza.
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]
The photo was taken directly after Yamaguchi stabbed Asanuma and is here seen attempting a second stab, although he was restrained before that could happen. On 12 October 1960, Asanuma was assassinated by 17-year-old Otoya Yamaguchi , a right-wing ultranationalist, during a televised political debate ahead of upcoming elections for the House of ...
Assassin(s) Notes 20 February 1919 Habibullah Khan, emir of Afghanistan: 8 November 1933 Mohammed Nadir Shah, king of Afghanistan [1] Abdul Khaliq Hazara: 17 April 1978 Mir Akbar Khyber, leftist intellectual and leader in the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan: His assassination became a catalyst for the Saur Revolution: 28 April 1978
February 22 – Otoya Yamaguchi, assassin (d. 1960) April 3 – Hikaru Saeki, Japanese admiral, the first female star officer of the Japan Self-Defense Forces; April 5 – Fighting Harada, boxer (real name Masahiko Harada) May 4 – Michiyo Azusa, singer and actress (real name Michiyo Hayashi) (d. 2020) [2]
Hiroshi Yamaguchi, an advocacy group representative, said that the UC's "explanation that there is no coercion of donations is a lie." The amount of damages reported by victims in Japan has been higher in recent years, the lawyers said, totalling 5.1 billion yen in more than 400 cases between 2017 and 2020.
Tamon Yamaguchi (山口 多聞, Yamaguchi Tamon, 17 August 1892 – 5 June 1942) was a rear admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy who served during the Second Sino-Japanese War, and in the Pacific War during World War II. Yamaguchi′s carrier force was part of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Events of the year 1960 in Japan.It corresponds to Shōwa 35 (昭和35年) in the Japanese calendar.. 1960 was a year of prolonged and intense political struggles in Japan. The massive and often quite violent Miike Coal Mine Strike at the Miike Coal Mine in Kyushu lasted nearly the entire year, and the massive nationwide Anpo Protests against renewal of the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty carried ...