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Japanese politics in the first half of the 1930s were marked by several coup attempts and assassinations of those officials who ultranationalists thought were not sufficiently patriotic.
Which is more correct- a) this type of "grassroots" pressure by mid-ranking officers and assassination of dissenters continued through the 1940s or b) after the Feb 1936 coup attempt the govt &army cracked down hard on coup plotters/assassins and the phenomenon largely petered out. But coincidentally the political "new normal" in Japan meant things like war with China and deference to Army & Navy programs.
I ask the question because I never read any details showing examples of high profile assassinations or coup plots be attempted after Feb 1936 in Japan, at least not until the *failed* attempt to curtail surrender in August 1945.