Otoya Yamaguchi
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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.
A photograph taken by Yasushi Nagao of Otoya Yamaguchi attempting to stab Inejirō Asanuma for a second time.
Protestors marching from Hibiya Park towards the national diet
Yasushi Nagao with his Pulitzer Prize winning photo. (1961)
Inejirō Asanuma
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Inejiro Asanuma was a Japanese politician and leader of the Japan Socialist Party. Known for his large stature and powerful voice, he tirelessly toured the country delivering speeches, earning him the
Otoya Yamaguchi
…Yamaguchi (山口 二矢, Yamaguchi Otoya; 22 February 1943 – 2 November 1960) was a Japanese radical anti-communist and ultranationalist youth who assassinated Inejirō Asanuma, chairman of the Japan Socialist Party, on 12 October 1960. Yamaguchi rushed the stage and stabbed Asanuma with a wakizashi-like short sword while…
Asanuma in 1952
Asanuma (standing, in kimono) during his Waseda University years (before 1923)
Asanuma and Asō in 1932
Asanuma in 1948