Abe Assassination

[str8line]

Conjecture, but could this have been a hit? He was rallying nations against China.


"On the global stage, the two-term prime minister strengthened defence ties with the United States and corralled international support for efforts to counter China’s growing influence in the Indo-Pacific region. At home, he sought to boost Japan’s defence spending, championed an initiative to rewrite the country’s pacifist constitution and pursued an ambitious economic agenda known as “Abenomics”.

Abe, Japan’s longest-serving PM, shaped Indo-Pacific politics

Shinzo Abe, a ‘committed architect of the Quad’, boosted Japan’s global standing and renewed his people’s confidence.

www.aljazeera.com

 

[LogGrad98]

Wow.

 

[Avery]

Pretty crazy especially how he was taken out with a glorified potato gun that misfired the first time. Would love to understand more of the motive as details come out.

 

[Rubashov]

Oddly enough political violence was pretty common in Japan through to the 50s.

 

[Darkwing Duck]

As someone who lived in Korea for a time, it shouldn't be a surprise to anyone that I won't be shedding any tears for the man. It has been interesting seeing how people and media outlets have portrayed him. Some of his stuff would please both parties in the US obviously wouldn't happen here since you need near 100% party voting as a politician to be selected as nominees.

 

[Zombie]

Well, I guess we have our answer


View: https://twitter.com/davide_melia/status/1546096014297161728?t=Tn5qhVE3QtNMHoU2Ty5qjQ&s=19

 

[LogGrad98]

Well, I guess we have our answer


View: https://twitter.com/davide_melia/status/1546096014297161728?t=Tn5qhVE3QtNMHoU2Ty5qjQ&s=19

Did he really promote that religion? Weird. Definitely not mainstream. Wouldn't be what you would expect from a major political figure.

 

[Zombie]

Did he really promote that religion? Weird. Definitely not mainstream. Wouldn't be what you would expect from a major political figure.

I guess his grandfather has stronger ties than Abe himself did, but he has made a few public statements supporting the church and attended some of their sponsored events.

Suspect in Abe Shooting Held a ‘Grudge.’ Scrutiny Falls on a Church.

The Unification Church, with links to conservative political parties worldwide, said Monday that the mother of the man charged in Shinzo Abe’s death was a member.

www.nytimes.com