Satoru Someya
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Satoru Someya (ca. 1965 – 6 September 2003), 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.[1][2] He is the only journalist listed as confirmed by the Committee to Protect Journalists to be killed in Japan for his journalism.[3]
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Satoru Someya | |
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Born | ca. 1965 Tokyo, Japan |
Disappeared | September 6, 2003 Tokyo, Japan |
Died | Tokyo Bay |
Cause of death | Murder by beating, stabbing and drowning |
Body discovered | September 12, 2003 |
Nationality | Japanese |
Other names | Kuragaki Kashiwabara |
Occupation | Freelance crime journalist |
Notable work | Kagi no Seisho and Kabukichō Underground |
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