Sayama incident
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The Sayama incident occurred on May 1, 1963, when 16-year-old Yoshie Nakata was kidnapped, raped, and murdered by an unconfirmed individual in Sayama, Saitama, Japan. The incident, in which then-24-ye
The handwriting on the ransom note (Na in hiragana)
The handwriting of Ishikawa (Na in hiragana)
The handwriting on the ransom note (E in hiragana and 江 in kanji)
The handwriting of Ishikawa (E in hiragana and katakana, and 江 in kanji)
Buraku Liberation League
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The Buraku Liberation League is one of Japan's largest human rights advocacy groups, dedicated to the liberation of the Burakumin, an outcast group historically subject to discrimination. The BLL's or
Sayama incident
…During his appeal, he began to claim his innocence and rejected any criminal liability. His sentence was reduced to life imprisonment. In 1969, the Buraku Liberation League took up his case, but they mostly used the situation to criticize his lawyer, a supporter of the Japanese Communist Party. The Communist Party in turn…
Headquarters of the Buraku Liberation League in Tokyo, 2019