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The Asahi Shimbun on Friday paid tribute to the memory of a 29-year-old reporter who was shot to death in his office at the newspaper’s bureau in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, on May 3, 1987.
A man in a ski mask shot reporter Tomohiro Kojiri and his colleague, Hyoe Inukai, with a shotgun. Kojiri died, while Inukai sustained serious injuries. The killer fled and was never identified.
Later, an ultra-right extremist group called Sekihotai claimed responsibility for the attack. The group also sent letters to other news organizations threatening "anti-Japanese elements with execution,” according to Kyodo News which also received threats.
On Friday, some local residents came to the office and prayed before a photo of Kojiri. One person said that even though the era has changed from Heisei to Reiwa, “this crime will never be forgotten.”
© Japan Today/KYODO
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u_s__reamer
The perpetrators of this heinous political murder were never caught because they found protection from powerful players. "Sekihotai" is the name of just one of the deeply-rooted right-wing ideological cancers in Japan that have metastasized since 1945 when the US occupation policy makers decided in the interests of "anti-communism" not to remove the toxic growths of Japanese fascism root and branch.
Goodlucktoyou
I thought Kyodo News was a little on the right side.
Travelmaster
32 years have passed, i would like to offer my deepest sympathies.
Asahi Shimbun is famous as the newspaper which does biased reporting.
The notorious newspaper which made a beginning of a comfort woman problem.
"When a missile has flown, if it's only 1 shot, it may be an accidental firing" joke article was reported.