Michiko Kanba

Michiko Kanba
樺 美智子
Born(1937-11-08)November 8, 1937
DiedJune 15, 1960(1960-06-15) (aged 22)
Cause of deathPolice brutality or trampling (disputed)
Known forThe Smile Nobody Knows

Michiko Kanba (Japanese: 樺 美智子; November 8, 1937 – June 15, 1960) was a Japanese communist, University of Tokyo undergraduate and Zengakuren activist. She died in clashes between demonstrators and police at the South Gate of the National Diet Building in central Tokyo at the hight of the 1960 Anpo Protests against the US–Japan Security Treaty.