The building has been the site of numerous tumultuous events in Japanese political history. In 1932, then-Prime Minister Tsuyoshi Inukai was assassinated in the building by young naval officers ...

Violent crime is rare in Japan, but there are occasional stabbings and even shootings, including the assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe in 2022. THE JAPAN NEWS/ASIA NEWS NETWORK ...

Built in 1929 and formerly the prime minister’s office, the residence was the site of unrest such as the 1932 assassination of then Japanese prime minister Tsuyoshi Inukai. The wife of former ...