淺沼稻次郎

Quotes

• “Now, let us perform remote worship toward the Imperial Palace.”
• “I entered Waseda in September of Taishō 6 (or 7), the year of the school disturbances when professors like Nagai Ryūtarō and Ōyama Ikuo resigned. I was drawn to Waseda because it was founded by Marquis Ōkuma Shigenobu as a free academy aiming for the independence of learning and freedom of research in opposition to the bureaucratic military clique of the time.”
• “From the standpoint of students, we began researching democracy and socialism, but influenced by external socialist and labor movements, two currents emerged among the students: those pursuing it ideologically and those focusing on practical action.”
• “Five or six thousand students gathered in front of the statue of Marquis Ōkuma. [...] It ended in a great student brawl, with people like Tokano Takeshi falling from the top of the Ōkuma statue and being injured. Since the day happened to be a Friday, we students called it 'Bloody Friday' and greatly raised our spirits.”
• “America also has people who have come to terms with the war and those who have not. The same can be said of Japan. Those who have come to terms with the war welcomed us very warmly and have come to understand Japan very well.”
• “People often call me 'Maa-Maa Koji' or say I am indecisive, timid, passive, etc. But in a mass organization, once a policy is decided at a congress, if everyone abides by it, there will be neither conflict nor split.”

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Key facts

Preceded by

Suzuki Mosaburō

Succeeded by

Saburo Eda (acting), Jōtarō Kawakami

Chairman

Mosaburō Suzuki

Constituency

Tokyo 1st (1946–1947), Tokyo 1st (1947–1960)

Born

( 1898-12-27 ) 27 December 1898, Miyake-jima, Tokyo , Japan

Died

12 October 1960 (1960-10-12) (aged 61), Chiyoda, Tokyo , Japan

Cause of death

Assassination ( stab wound )

Resting place

Tama Cemetery , Tokyo

Party

Socialist , (1945–1951; 1955–1960)

Other political affiliations

FLP (1925), JLFP (1926–1928), SMP (1932–1940), IRAA (1940–1942), Independent (1942–1945), RSP (1951–1955)

Spouse

Kyōko Asanuma ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1928 ) ​

Children

Kinue Asanuma (adopted daughter)

Parents

Hanjirō Asanuma Yoshi Asaoka

Alma mater

Waseda University

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Wikidata facts

Mass

100

Image

Inejiro Asanuma Salvaged.jpg

Height

175

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