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とらのもんじけん 虎ノ門事件
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1. Toranomon Incident (assassination attempt on Prince Regent Hirohito; December 27, 1923)​Historical term
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2. Toranomon Incident​The Toranomon Incident was an assassination attempt on the then Prince Regent Hirohito of Japan on 27 December 1923 by communist agitator Daisuke Namba. The incident took place at the Toranomon intersection between the Akasaka Palace and the Diet of Japan in downtown Tokyo, Japan. Crown Prince and Regent Hirohito was on his way to the opening of the 48th Session of the Imperial Diet on 27 December 1923, when the young son of a member of Diet, Daisuke Namba, fired a small pistol at his carriage.
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