I see him being described as an ultra-nationalist conservative who does things like deny the coercion of WW2 comfort women, so what are we losing, really, if he dies?
From Guardian
- Abe is reportedly in heart failure , where the heart can’t pump enough blood to meet the body’s needs. According to Associated Press, the term is sometimes used by officials in Japan to describe situations where victims are no longer alive, but before a formal declaration of death has been made.
- Abe has been sent to a hospital and appears to have no vital signs, according to a local fire department, Japan’s public broadcaster NHK has reported.
He’s dead. Just waiting for it to be official.
Shooter in the background moments before the assassination.
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Because you heard someone being described a certain way, you’re happy that they’ve been shot?
That’s a good way to go through life.
It’s a simple cost-benefit analysis. Poker taught me to think this way.
Reports coming in that the shooter was a former Japanese navel officer. Hence being one of the few in Japan who would even know how to handle a gun.
Looks like some kind of homemade gun.
Didn’t happen lol
Is Abe still a very powerful politician in Japan? I mean he lasted farrrr longer than their usual premierships and he seemed to lead a fairly prominent right wing nationalistic shift in his party from what I’ve read.
He’s a dead politician, so not very powerful anymore.
But to answer your question as of a couple hours ago, yes, he had stepped down voluntarily from the PM role due to health concerns but he was still highly influential behind the scenes.
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Thanks internet
I kind of want to workshop jokes about him being in town to attend a production of Our American Cousin.