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On 9th January 1932, as Emperor Hirohito was departing the Imperial Palace via the Sakuradamon Gate on his way to reviewing a military parade, Lee Bong-chang, a Korean independence activist, threw a hand grenade at the Emperor's horse carriage. The hand grenade missed, and exploded near the carriage of Imperial Household Minister Baron Ichiki Kitokuro instead, killing two horses. The would-be assassin was quickly apprehended by the Imperial Guard.

Lee was convicted on September 30, 1932 and was executed in Ichigaya Prison on October 10 of the same year.

But what if the grenade had not missed and Emperor Hirohito was assassinated by Lee Bong-chang?
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