Update: July 13, 20222
By Contributor
"The following was written just after Abe's assassination"
"QUESTION MORE.
I am not an expert in Japanese politics, but I know some general stuff and I have gathered some more interesting info since the shooting that I will outline here in a bullet point format.
1. Since WWII Japan who signed a non-aggression agreement has been limited in building up her militarily.
2. Now let’s ask some pointed questions: Who has been sustaining a loss due to the Japan’s pacifist constitution particularly in this current political atmosphere when pivot to Asia and proximity to China comes to play?
a) Japan’s military
b) The US military Industrial complex is losing one of the biggest military markets, considering not only the Japanese deep pocket, but also in light of the fact that Japan is #1 US trade partner.
3. Japan has a parliamentary system, the winning party either has enough seats to form a unification government or it can establish a more of an independent government if it can secure more seats & consolidate its power via more votes.
4. While Shinzo Abe was not wildly popular, he enjoyed a longest premiership in Japan’s political history and his party Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) was and has remained a domineering party in Japan’s political landscape.
5. Current Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of the same party (LDP) who used to serve as foreign minister under Abe replaced him after Abe left office due to health issues in 2020.
6. Tomorrow (Sunday July 10) is an election day in Japan, when a strong showing by Japan's ruling party in upper house elections will potentially give the current Prime Minister Fumio Kishida a firmer grip on the factious party. If Keshia’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) does as well as polls predict, Kishida will bolster his chances of leading the party into the next election, which must be held by late 2025.
7. Kishida has already have 55 seats of the total 125 seats, and a haul of 65 seats would give the LDP a majority on its own in the upper chamber which means Kashida can consolidate his parliamentary power by way of which he can boost defence spending and perhaps even revise the pacifist constitution.
8. Unlike Abe who was vocal critic of US sanctions on Russia, Kashida is in pocket of the United States, touting “new capitalism”, and his support hit a high of 66% in May, boosted by his response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine that included sanctions. His majority win would even place him out of shadow of his former boss Abe.
9. Abe was campaigning for Kashida when he got shot.
10. It is believed that Abe’s death at such critical time will bring in sympathy votes and seal in the 65 majority votes needed.
11. Last but not least it certainly doesn’t hurt that Rahm Emanuel, Barack Obama chief of staff, is Ambassador to Japan, a guy who famously said; “don’t let good crises go to waste.” A guy whose father was part of Zionist terrorist organization Irgun and took part of King David Hotel bombing. Yes that guy is our Ambassador to Japan, and he has been working tirelessly on behalf of Biden’s administration.
So here you have it, some bullet points, some pieces of puzzle if you would, you can now go and connect the dots yourself and/or even discover more pieces and put the assassination of Shinzo Abe into a little clearer perspective(s).
There are many plausible areas, the timing, the assassin’s background, the dude was part of Japan’s military. The fact that the firearm he made with which he allegedly killed Abe, was a homemade popgun put together with black duct tape. The timing, 2 days before a very important election on behalf of which Abe was campaigning."
Mirroring Western Civilization, everything said for Japan can be said for European descent countries as well, especially in America.
After his arrest, Yamagami told investigators that he was dissatisfied with Abe and intended to kill him.[51][52] Yamagami also claimed that he held a grudge against a "particular religious group" and shot Abe because he believed that "the religious group and Abe were connected".[53][54][55] The Nara Prefectural Police refused to elaborate on what the "religious group" was.[56] Yamagami claimed that he "didn't have a grudge against Abe's political beliefs".[53] Yamagami told police that he kept track of Abe's schedule during his visit to Nara on Abe's website.[55] Yamagami also claimed that he was planning an attack for "several months" and built a gun to kill Abe.[57][58]
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