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Inejiro Asanuma



Inejiro Asanuma (浅沼稲次郎 Asanuma Inejirō, December 27, 1898 - October 12, 1960) was a Japanese politician, and head of the Japanese Socialist Party. He is chiefly famous for the manner of his death: he was assassinated in 1960 by 17-year old Otoya Yamaguchi, a sword-wielding right-wing extremist, at a televised rally.



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