Back Zwischenfall am 15. Mai German Επεισόδιο 15ης Μαΐου Greek Incidente del 15 de mayo Spanish حادثه ۱۵ مه Persian Incident du 15 mai French ניסיון ההפיכה של 15 במאי 1932 HE Մայիսի 15-ի միջադեպ Armenian Insiden 15 Mei ID Incidente del 15 maggio Italian 五・一五事件 Japanese

May 15 incident

This article is about an attempted coup d'etat in Japan. For the successful Latvian coup d'etat, see 1934 Latvian coup d'état.
Tokyo Asahi Shimbun describing the May 15 incident and assassination of Prime Minister Inukai Tsuyoshi

The May 15 incident (五・一五事件, Goichigo jiken) was an attempted coup d'état in the Empire of Japan, on May 15, 1932, launched by reactionary elements of the Imperial Japanese Navy, aided by cadets in the Imperial Japanese Army and civilian remnants of the ultranationalist League of Blood (Ketsumei-dan). Prime Minister Inukai Tsuyoshi was assassinated by 11 young naval officers. The following trial and popular support of the Japanese population led to extremely light sentences for the assassins, strengthening the rising power of Japanese militarism and weakening democracy and the rule of law in the Empire of Japan.

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