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democracy and suppression of freedom of speech. you played the video and we heard those two gunshots ring out. earlier today around 11:30 a.m. local time, nhk reported that shinzo abe had been shot twice, once in the chest and according to the fire and disaster management agency, once in the neck. it happened while delivering a speech, a stump speech around 11:30 this morning local time in western japan about an hour and a half, two hours ago the current prime minister held a press conference and addressed abe s current condition. take a listen. translator: first of all in the morning today in noara, i received the news that shinzo abe is shot and in critical condition. i pray that he pulls through. reporter: he went on to call the shooting an unforgiveable act. nhk says the former prime minister was bleeding from his chest and in a state of cardiac arrest while being transported to the hospital. witnesses say he was shot from behind, he didn t collapse after the fi ....
Candidly about taiwan hinting at the japan possible military role there. and some of his policies and remarks have been seen as controversial with critics saying that some of his policies operated outside of japan s passivist constitution including revising the defense policy to allow for japanese troops to fight overseas for the first time since world war ii. but there is sad nness and shoc. some call it a barbaric act and others are saying that whether or not you agree with his political instances, violence to suppress political stances is unacceptable. and while it is hard to digest exactly what has happened here today, the majority of social media posts are expressing concern for the former prime minister s health hoping that he is going to survive. and i mentioned it earlier, but ....
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