The Assassination of Inejiro Asanuma
With only one frame left in his Speed Graphic, Yasushi Nagao captured the shocking moment an assassin struck.
(日本語版)
In the wake of the tragic assassination of Shinzo Abe, there's been renewed attention to this photo by Yasushi Nagao from October 12, 1960. As Japanese politician Inejiro Asanuma was giving a speech at the Hibiya Public Hall in Tokyo, an assassin leapt on stage and fatally stabbed Asanuma with a sword.
Yasushi Nagao was w…