Japan, a dangerous place to be a politician

Now #ShinzoAbe is Number 8 on a list

A look at seven notorious assassinations and assassination plots that shocked Japan

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60 years ago

The Assassination of Japan Socialist Party’s Inejiro Asanuma

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20 years ago

Koki Ishii, an outspoken member of the house of representatives for the opposition Democratic Party of Japan, was slashed in the head and chest with a 12-inch sashimi knife as he was about to get into his car.

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16 years ago

The mayor of the Japanese city of Nagasaki, Itcho Ito, was shot twice in the back by a local gangster affiliated with the Yamaguchi Gumi

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