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*''Japanese'': 血盟団 ''(ketsumeidan)''
Ketsumeidan ("Blood Pledge Corps") was a right-wing terrorist organization which was responsible for a number of political assassinations in the 1930s.
The "Corps" was founded by a group including [[Inoue Nissho|Inoue Nisshô]] ([[1886]]-1967).
Ketsumeidan is generally held to have been responsible for the assassinations of former finance minister [[Inoue Junnosuke]], Director-General of Mitsui [[kazoku|Baron]] [[Dan Takuma]], and [[Prime Minister]] [[Inukai Tsuyoshi]], all in 1932.
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==References==
*Sven Saaler, "Public Statuary and Nationalism in Modern and Contemporary Japan," ''Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus'' 15:20:3 (Oct 15, 2017), 10-11n10.
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