It has been 35 years since a man with a shotgun broke into the Hanshin branch of the Asahi Shimbun in Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture in 1987, and two reporters were killed. Visited and commemorated the deceased reporter.
On the night of May 3, 1987, a man with a shotgun broke into the Hanshin branch of the Asahi Shimbun in Nishinomiya City and fired, killing Tomohiro Kojiri, a 29-year-old reporter at the time, and another reporter. I was seriously injured.
After the incident, a statement of crime claiming to be "Sekihotai" was sent to the news media, and the crimes aimed at the Asahi Shimbun were repeated, but the statute of limitations remained unsolved.
On the 3rd, 35 years after the incident, people who knew Kojiri and locals visited the bureau and joined hands at the altar near the entrance.
In addition to this, the branch office set up a bookkeeping table and a prayer room every year, and the reference room on the 3rd floor was open to the public.
Shoichiro Numayama (58), a high school teacher in Chiba prefecture who has been interviewed by Kojiri, said, "Kojiri was a kind person who cherishes the people he met. I think there is weight, and I think there is weight. "
At that time, Kunio Orii (78), who was working at the Hanshin branch office, said, "Kojiri was always on the side of a weak position and continued to interview enthusiastically until he was convinced. This case is a challenge to democracy. And I can't forgive it. It's prescription, but I still want to catch the criminal. "