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Yuki Tatsumi is Co-Director of East Asia Program and Director of the Japan Program at the Stimson Center in Washington, DC. She also serves as non-resident Senior Fellow at the Canon Institute for Global Studies in Tokyo.
Former Japanese prime minister Abe Shinzo's assassination at an election campaign event in Nara, Japan, is both shocking and puzzling. It is shocking because Japan has known almost no political violence for at least a half-century, and because gun ownership in the country is tightly controlled. It is puzzling because Abe, having stepped down as prime minister in 2020, had no formal government role; yet the killing was plainly a political act.
Former Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo, who was assassinated in Japan while giving a speech outdoors last week, said that he personally respected Vietnam and had special affection for Vietnamese leaders.
LONDON — Former Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzō’s assassination at an election campaign event in Nara, Japan, is both shocking and puzzling. It is shocking because Japan has known almost no political violence for at least a half-century, and because gun ownership in the country is tightly controlled. It is puzzling because Abe, having stepped down as prime minister in
Japan has not experienced political violence for a half-century, which is why the assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe comes as such a shock. Perhaps not coincidentally, the last top politician to fall victim to a violent attack had also taken steps to strengthen the country’s mi...