Amakasu Incident

The Amakasu Incident (甘粕事件, Amakasu Jiken) was a 1923 political murder of two prominent Japanese anarchists, Ōsugi Sakae and Itō Noe, together with Ōsugi's six-year-old nephew Munekazu Tachibana. It was commited by military police, led by Lieutenant Masahiko Amakasu. For the murder, Amakasu was sentenced to seven years and six months, and was released after having served only two years, thanks to an amnesty.