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Colleagues and residents on May 3 mourned an Asahi Shimbun reporter who was killed by a gunman at the company’s Hanshin Bureau in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, 36 years ago.
As this year’s Constitution Day on May 3 rolls around, we remain firmly committed to reject any form of violent attacks against freedom of speech and expression.
Asahi Shimbun offices around the country observed a moment of silence May 3 in memory of a colleague who was gunned down in the company’s Hanshin Bureau in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, on May 3, 1987, by a member of an extremist group.