On this day 116 years ago, on October 26, 1909 (September 13, 1909 lunar calendar), "Japanese Bismarck" Hirofumi Ito was killed. Marquis Ito and his wife (seated), son and two grandchildren On October 26, 1909, Japanese bureaucrat politician Hirofumi Ito was assassinated in Harbin. Hirofumi Ito (1841-1909), originally the son of a farmer in Changzhou, Lin Shizo, succeeded the lower-ranking samurai Ito as an adopted son and changed his surname. His name was Junsuke, his name was Harumu, etc. In 1857, he entered the Panasonic village school and participated in the Seiji movement. In 1863, he was sent by the feudal lord to study in England and turned to the founding faction. Returning to China in 1864, he assisted Takasugi Shinzo in defeating the conservatives in the clan at the end of the same year and threw himself into the In 1868, he served as judge of the Foreign Affairs Bureau of the New Uygur government, governor of Hyogo Prefecture, and head of taxation. In 1870, he went to the United States to inspect the monetary public debt system. In 1871, he served as deputy envoy of the Iwakura Envoy to visit Europe and the United States. After returning to China in 1873, he served as a senator and secretary of the Ministry of Industry, dedicated himself to colonizing and developing industry. In 1878, he served as secretary of the interior. In 1881, he instigated the Meiji Fourteen-Year Coup and became the largest real power figure. In 1882-1883, he went to Europe to inspect the constitutional system and accelerated the establishment of the modern imperial system in Germany. In 1885, he established the cabinet system. By 1900, he served as prime minister four times and concurrently served as the speaker of the House of Lords and the Privy Council. He organized the Friends of Politics Association and served as president. He pursued foreign war policies, invaded China, and competed with In 1909, he went to Northeast China to discuss the division of the Far East sphere of influence with Russian Finance Minister Koko Caofu. While inspecting the honor guard at Harbin Railway Station, he was shot several times by North Korean patriot An Chonggen and killed.