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As much as today's assassination attempt on the former PM Abe Shinzō is a horrible and shocking event, what it certainly is not is "unprecedented in Japanese history". 🇯🇵🧵#JapaneseHistory #日本歴史
Leaving aside the frequent assassinations during the revolutionary period of the 19th century Japan and focusing only on the 20th century, Japan has seen its fair share of political assassinations. #JapaneseHistory
In fact, Japan's very first Prime Minister, Itō Hirobumi, was assassinated. This former samurai of the Chōshū domain was shot at the Harbin railway station on 26 October 1909. #JapaneseHistory
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