On 12 October 1960, Inejirō Asanuma, chairman of the Japan Socialist Party, was assassinated at Hibiya Public Hall in Tokyo. During a televised debate, 17-year-old Otoya Yamaguchi, an extreme anti-com
Yasushi Nagao's Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph of Yamaguchi attempting to stab Asanuma for a second time
Asanuma delivering his last speech before being assassinated
Kyoko, widow of Asanuma (left) observes a moment of silence and her eldest daughter Kinue sheds tears, 13 October 1960
On 13 October 1960, more than 25,000 people took to the streets to demonstrate after the assassination of Asanuma
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Otoya Yamaguchi was a Japanese radical anti-communist and ultranationalist youth who assassinated Inejirō Asanuma, chairman of the Japan Socialist Party, on 12 October 1960.
Assassination of Inejirō Asanuma
…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 Otoya Yamaguchi, an extreme anti-communist activist, charged onto the stage and fatally stabbed Asanuma with a wakizashi, a type of traditional short sword. The…
Protestors marching from Hibiya Park towards the national diet
Yasushi Nagao with his Pulitzer Prize winning photo. (1961)