What is Attempted assassination of the Mayor of Shiraoi?
On 8 March 1974, a 22-year-old ethnically Japanese man called Yagi Tatsumi tried to kill the mayor of Shiraoi, [[Hokkaidō|Hokkaido]], Asari Giichi (浅利義市) in the mayor's office,{{Sfn|Sala|1975}} managing to stab him in the neck.{{Sfn|Hudson|Lewallen|Watson|2013}} According to Tatsumi, the murder attempt was done to protest what he considered to be the mistreatment of the indigenous [[Ainu people]] of [[Hokkaidō|Hokkaido]]. The incident occured amidst a larger of anti-Japanese terrorist attacks performed by pro-Ainu organizations like the [[East Asia]] Anti-[[Japan]] Armed Front. Giichi survived the attempt, and Tsatsumi was stopped. However, far-left violence in Japan failed to cease. A similarly-intentioned arson attack in the September of that same year in Shiraoi.{{Sfn|Irish|2009}} == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Hokkaido Prefecture]] [[Category:1970s in Japan]]