#50 - Inejirō Asanuma
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English - March 10, 2022 13:03 - 56 minutes - 77.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsHistory Society & Culture Places & Travel history japan news murder truecrime Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Socialist politician Inejirō Asanuma was active at some of the most volatile times in Japanese history, having to thread the dangerous political weaves of both Imperial Japan and reconstruction after the end of WWII. His death was one of the most infamous events of the 20th Century, and has been strangely influential even in modern times...
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Sources:
The Assassination of Inejiro Asanuma - Wired Japan Socialist Party leader assassinated at political rally - Guardian Footage of the Assassination (not graphic) Wikipedia