May 15 Incident

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The May 15 Incident was a 1932 coup attempt in Japan in which young naval officers and right-wing extremists assassinated Prime Minister Inukai Tsuyoshi, marking a major step toward militarist rule.

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May 15 Incident canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf coup attempt ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
political assassination ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 5.15 Incident ⓘ
Goichigo Jiken ⓘ
consequence decline of party-based cabinets ⓘ
erosion of civilian control over the military ⓘ
increased political power of the military in Japan ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
date 1932-05-15 ⓘ
followedBy February 26 Incident ⓘ
governmentTypeAffected Taishō democracy ⓘ
historicalPeriod Shōwa period ⓘ
linked to: Showa era
ideologicalContext Japanese ultranationalism ⓘ
Shōwa Restoration movement ⓘ
involvedBranch Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
involvedGroup naval officers from the Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
languageOfName Japanese ⓘ
legalOutcome trials of the conspirators in military courts ⓘ
location Tokyo ⓘ
motive expansionist and militarist ideology ⓘ
opposition to party politics ⓘ
ultranationalism ⓘ
officeHeldByVictim Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ
partOf interwar Japanese political crises ⓘ
rise of Japanese militarism ⓘ
perpetrators right-wing extremists ⓘ
young Imperial Japanese Navy officers ⓘ
precededBy Imperial Colors Incident ⓘ
March Incident ⓘ
primaryMethod armed attack ⓘ
assassination by gunfire ⓘ
publicReaction significant public sympathy for the perpetrators ⓘ
relatedTo Japanese militarism ⓘ
assassinations in Japan ⓘ
prelude to World War II in Asia ⓘ
result assassination of Prime Minister Inukai Tsuyoshi ⓘ
rise of militarist influence in Japanese politics ⓘ
weakening of parliamentary democracy in Japan ⓘ
significance marked a major step toward militarist rule in Japan ⓘ
undermined constitutional government in Japan ⓘ
target Inukai Tsuyoshi ⓘ
typeOfViolence coup d'état attempt ⓘ
political terrorism ⓘ
victim Inukai Tsuyoshi ⓘ
year 1932 ⓘ

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February 26 Incident → precededBy → May 15 Incident ⓘ
Inukai Tsuyoshi → killedIn → May 15 Incident ⓘ
Inukai Tsuyoshi → notableEvent → May 15 Incident ⓘ
Ni-niroku Jiken → relatedTo → May 15 Incident ⓘ