Japanese novelist Mishima

Japanese novelist Mishima

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 11 Kyodo - The body of renowned Japanese novelist Yukio Mishima and a cohort are carried from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's Camp Ichigaya in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 1970, after he committed ritual suicide following his failed attempt to stage a coup in protest against the country's pacifist Constitution. Mishima, a Nobel literature prize nominee from 1963 to 1968, is known for his works including "Shiosai" (The Sound of Waves) and "Kinkakuji" (The Temple of the Golden Pavilion).

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