dec 27, 1923 - Attempted Assassination of Hirohito
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In the midst of the following red scare after the Great Kantō Earthquake, an anarchist named Namba Daisuke attempted to assassinate Prince Regent Hirohito on 27 December. Prime Minister Admiral Yamamoto Gonnohyoe and his cabinet resigned immediately. Martial law was imposed over the entire country for the first time in Japanese History.
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