Shot by a fool — it can't be helped.
我輩、馬鹿な男になぐられて、しょうがないわい。

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Itō Hirobumi
First Prime Minister of Japan (1841-1909) and chief drafter of the Meiji Constitution. Born a peasant in Choshu, he studied under Yoshida Shoin. Four-time PM and first Resident-General of Korea, he was killed at Harbin.
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