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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SOURCES
“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)
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