Tomohiro Kojiri

Tomohiro Kojiri (小尻知博) was an Asahi Shimbun reporter shot on 3 May 1987 by a Japanese rightist with a shotgun.[1][2] Kojiri was 29 years old when he died the next morning.[1] One of his colleagues, Hyoe Inukai, then 42, was also shot and seriously injured.[1] A rightist group calling itself a special unit "Sekihōtai" (赤報隊) of the "Japanese Independent Volunteer Army" (日本民族独立義勇軍) sent typed letters to Japanese media, claiming it carried out the murder and threatening to kill other "anti-Japanese elements" in the media.[3][4][5] The murder was still unsolved when the 15-year statute of limitations expired in 2002,[6][7] yet the Japanese police told the press that it would continue the investigation.[8] Asahi Shimbun has held a memorial for him every year.[9] The attack is known in Japan as the Asahi Shimbun Hanshin Bureau Attack (朝日新聞阪神支局襲撃事件).

References

  1. 1 2 3 Clyde Haberman (May 5, 1987). "Killing of a journalist at his office shocks Japan". The New York Times.
  2. ↑ Hippin, Andreas (7 April 1996). "The Emperor's Last Stand—Fascism In Japan". Junge Welt. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
  3. ↑ "A rightist group calling itself a special unit of the "Japanese Independent Volunteer Army" Wednesday claimed responsibility for the killing of an Asahi newspaper reporter in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, on Sunday". Jiji Press. 6 May 1987.
  4. ↑ John Burgess (7 May 1987). "Gun Slaying Of Reporter Chills Japan". Washington Post.
  5. ↑ "Annual Report 2003 - Japan". Reporters Without Borders. 2003. Retrieved 2010. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  6. ↑ "Time runs out in newsroom shooting case". Daily Yomiuri. 2002-05-03.
  7. ↑ Chau, Hauquan (2001). "Rise of Nationalism in Japan". G21 Asia. Retrieved 2010. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  8. ↑ "Japan police draw blank on 1987 murder of reporter". Reuters. 2 May 2002.
  9. ↑ "VOX POPULI: Tragedy brings remembrance of power of free speech". Asahi Shimbun. 7 May 2011. Retrieved 16 October 2011.


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