Something fairly close to it. Right-wing Japanese nationalists aligned
with
parts of the Imperial Japanese Army had been using assasination and
threats
of violence against political leaders thoughout the 1930s. In roughly
1940-41, Admiral Yamamoto was rumored to be a target of assasination
efforts for arguing against war with the United States. In some versions
of
the story, that's how he ended up in command of the Japanese fleet in
December 1941; his bosses decided he was safer at sea than in a Tokyo
office.


To be precise. safer on the Battleship Yamato, which he used as his HQ



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