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Satoru Someya

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Japanese journalist

JapanJournalistsLived 1965 to 2003 · aged 38
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Satoru Someya, who was a Japanese freelance journalist reporting on organized crime in Kabukichō, Tokyo, Japan, under the pen name Kuragaki Kashiwabara, was kidnapped and murdered in retaliation for his reporting about locksmiths and their involvement in thefts and for refusing to apologize to one of the subjects in a...

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Satoru Someya, who was a Japanese freelance journalist reporting on organized crime in Kabukichō, Tokyo, Japan, under the pen name Kuragaki Kashiwabara, was kidnapped and murdered in retaliation for his reporting about locksmiths and their involvement in thefts and for refusing to apologize to one of the subjects in a book before the fatal crime. He is the only journalist listed as confirmed by the Committee to Protect Journalists to be killed in Japan for his journalism.

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Country
Japan
Category
Journalists
Type
Journalist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1965 to 2003 · aged 38
Written about in
3 languages

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