112 - The Death of Sadanori Shimoyama

The president of the post-WWII Japanese railway system dies under mysterious circumstances, and in the following weeks, two incidents of railway sabotage occur.

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“Added Violence Marks Japan Labor Crisis.” Baltimore Evening Sun, July 7, 1949.

Occupation of Japan - Wikipedia

Japan's Red Purge: Lessons from a Saga of Suppression of Free Speech and Thought | The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus (apjjf.org)

Red Purge - Wikipedia

FOCUS: Mysterious 1949 disaster draws attention again. - Free Online Library (thefreelibrary.com)

Shimoyama National Railways Governor's Memorial Monument (fc2.com)

70 yrs on, struggle for exoneration in Mitaka case continues (kyodonews.net)

Hosei University Ohara Institute of Crime Case [Japan Labor Yearbook Vol. 24 674] (archive.org)