‘Terrorism:’ Abe killing seen as attack on Japan’s democracy

Then Socialist leader Inejiro Asanuma, left, is attacked by a rightist with a sword during his speech in Tokyo on Oct. 12, 1960. In the realm of politics, perhaps the most striking postwar assassination came in 1960, when a rightist attacked Asanuma with a sword before an audience of thousands. (Kyodo News via AP)