Kyōko Asanuma

thumb|258x258px|Kyōko Asanuma in 1937 Kyōko Asanuma (née Kyōko Takeda; 1 February 1904 – 10 March 1981) was a Japanese politician and socialist activist. She was the widow of Japan Socialist Party chairman Inejirō Asanuma, who was assassinated in 1960. After his death she succeeded him in his Tokyo constituency, serving one term in the House of Representatives. She was active in women's issues and Japan–China friendship activities. Quotes Is this apartment a train station? Frequent wry complaint about their Dōjunkai apartment in Fukagawa constantly being filled with political visitors and comrades. Quoted by her husband Inejirō Asanuma in "アパート暮し三十年" (''Apartment Living for Thirty Years''), published in ''Haru no Kurashi'' (春の暮し), No. 3, Chiseisha, 1959. The remark played on Inejirō's nickname "human locomotive". I first learned of Yamaguchi’s suicide this morning through the newspaper. Rather than feeling hatred toward the boy, I feel more pity for him. My anger is burning up from the bottom of my heart once again toward the unseen forces that instilled such dangerous ideas into a 17-year-old boy and drove him to commit assassination. 3 November 1960 press conference, after Otoya Yamaguchi's suicide I was born in Hita, Kyushu. At 17 I married, but I could not adapt to the overly feudal family customs of my husband’s house, so I ran away to Tokyo. This refers to her brief first marriage (prior to meeting Inejirō Asanuma in the late 1920s). She later married Inejirō in autumn 1928. Together with My Husband Inejirō Asanuma (夫 浅沼稲次郎とともに), Fujin Kōron, December 1960 I feel that Asanuma's spirit is alive and has become the common possession of the Japanese and Chinese peoples. Speech at the public meeting in Peking commemorating the fourth anniversary of Inejirō Asanuma's death, 12 October 1964; reported in ''Peking Review'', Vol. 7, No. 42 (16 October 1964). Quotes about Kyōko Financially, things have not been easy. My wife has endured this kind of life remarkably well. [...] While always feeling grateful for my wife’s support and cooperation, I continue to devote myself fully to my work, wondering when the day will finally come when we can have a day of rest together in our shared life. Inejirō Asanuma, A Day for Taking Rest, 15 February 1953 Warm and prolonged applause greeted Kyoko Asanuma when she took the floor. Description of her speech at the public meeting in Peking commemorating the fourth anniversary of Inejirō Asanuma’s death, 12 October 1964; reported in ''Peking Review'', Vol. 7, No. 42 (16 October 1964). See also Inejirō Asanuma External links Kyōko Asanuma Category:1904 births Category:1981 deaths Category:Socialists Category:Socialist feminists Category:People of the Cold War Category:Politicians from Japan