Celebrating The Assassination Of Inejiro Asanuma-October 12th 1960, Tokyo

2011.02.21


On October 12th 1960 Inejiro Asanuma the head of the Japanese socialist party was assassinated by ultra-rightist Otoya Yamaguchi during a televised rally.

50 years later Right wing groups celebrated the assassination by holding a ceremony to honor the assassination at Hibiya Park in Tokyo’s Chiyoda ward.
3 weeks later they held another ceremony in celebration Of Yamaguchi’s suicide.

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The Tokyo Reporter – Jake Adelstein

2009.11.11

‘The Tokyo Reporter‘, a fantastic blog about the darker and more salubrious aspects of life in Japan is using one of my pictures (taken at the FCCJ during the authors talk about the book) in an article about Jake Adelstein, the author of ‘Tokyo Vice’ a book about the authors 12 year stint as a crime reporter for the Yomiuri Shinbun.
Read the article and see my picture here:-

http://www.tokyoreporter.com/2009/11/11/tokyo-vice-author-was-offered-500000-to-cut-liver-transplant-scoop/

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