Inejiro Asanuma was a Japanese politician and leader of the Japan Socialist Party. He was assassinated with a yoroi-dōshi, a traditional sword, by ultranationalist Otoya Yamaguchi. The photograph of his assassination won its photographer Yasushi Nagao both the Pulitzer Prize and World Press Photo of the Year.
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Inejiro Asanuma was a Japanese politician and leader of the Japan Socialist Party. He was assassinated with a yoroi-dōshi, a traditional sword, by ultranationalist Otoya Yamaguchi while speaking in a televised political debate in Tokyo. His violent death was seen in graphic detail on national television, causing widespread public shock and outrage.
The photograph of his assassination won its photographer Yasushi Nagao both the Pulitzer Prize and World Press Photo of the Year.
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