Kazutaka Komori

Kazutaka Komori (小森 一孝, Komori Kazutaka, 1943 – November 1971) was a Japanese political ultranationalist activist and a member of a right-wing Uyoku dantai group close to Satoshi Akao.[1] In 1960, at the age of 17, Komori went to the home of prominent Tokyo publisher Hoji Shimanaka with the intent to kill him in retribution for a fiction story by Shichirō Fukazawa printed in one of Shimanaka's magazines that described the overthrow and murder of the Japanese Imperial family.[2] Shimanaka was not at home but Komori murdered a maid and stabbed the publisher's wife.[1]

Komori was later tried as an adult and sentenced to 15 years in prison.[3][4] This murder and the assassination of Inejiro Asanuma by Otoya Yamaguchi led to the arrest of Satoshi Akao in 1961.[5] Komori died in prison in 1971.

References
  1. Axelbank, Albert (2010). Black Star Over Japan: Rising Forces of Militarism. Taylor & Francis. p. 43. ISBN 9780415587587.
  2. Treat, John Whittier; 1994 (January 1994). "Beheaded Emperors and the Absent Figure in Contemporary Japanese Literature". PMLA. Modern Language Association. 109 (1): 100–115. doi:10.2307/463014. JSTOR 463014.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. United Press International (March 22, 1961). "Will Try Slayer as Adult". Stars and Stripes. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  4. Associated Press (February 26, 1962). "Story in Magazine Touches Off Tragedy". Reading Eagle. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  5. United Press International, February 21, 1961. "Rightist's Arrest Sparks Demonstration Threats". Stars and Stripes. Retrieved 21 August 2012.


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