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May 15 incident

May 15 incident occured on 15 May, 1932. Then Prime Minister of Japan Inukai Tsuyoshi was killed.

Eleven young (most only just turning twenty) Naval Officers attempted a coup d'etat, attacking the prime minister's residence. This act was one of the main reasons Japan's party-based government ended. After this the military became an influential voice in the ruling of the country until the end the second world war. The eleven were court martialed and at the end of the trial 350,000 petitions were collected in favor of a reduction in sentance from death; also in an odd turn of events 11 severed fingers were sent to the court house as well.

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