Yamaguchi, who last month stabbed socialist chairman inejiro asanuma to death at a political rally, had lived his bloody samurai tradition to the end. His suicide was an act of.
1960 Japan Assassination
Asanuma stumbled, his huge face contorted in agony. The youth whirled, took a fresh grip on the sword, and made a second thrust into the left side of asanumas chest. On , in tokyo, a leading politician was murdered on stage during a debate by a teenager with a samurai sword.
