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  1. Otoya Yamaguchi (山口 二矢, Yamaguchi Otoya, 22 February 1943 – 2 November 1960) was a Japanese right-wing ultranationalist youth who assassinated Inejirō Asanuma, chairman of the Japan Socialist Party, on 12 October 1960.

  2. Nov 20, 2022 · Learn about the 17-year-old ultranationalist who stabbed the Japan Socialist Party leader during a live TV debate in 1960. Find out how he was arrested, tried, and committed suicide in prison.

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  3. 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] .

  4. denouncing the killing. Seventeen-year-old Otoya Yamaguchi uses a foot-long sword to kill Japan Socialist Party leader Asanuma Inajiro, on a public stage in Tokyo. Yamaguchi was upset with...

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  5. Oct 15, 2021 · Otoya Yamaguchi was a right-wing ultranationalist who killed the socialist leader Inejiro Asanuma with a traditional sword in 1960. See the photo of his second stab attempt and the sword he used in this rare historical article.

  6. © 2024 Google LLC. During a televised debate, the chairman of the Japan Socialist Party, Inejiro Asanuma, was assassinated by an ultra-nationalist far-right teenager, Otoya Yam...

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  8. Asanuma was assassinated with a wakizashi, a traditional short sword, [1] by far-right ultranationalist Otoya Yamaguchi while speaking in a televised political debate in Tokyo. His violent death was seen in graphic detail on national television by millions of Japanese, causing widespread public shock and outrage.

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