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Japan's justice system has it's flaws just like everywhere else, but they absolutely don't sweep crime under the rug.
Former Japan PM Shinzo Abe Unconscious After Shooting; Man in Custody
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Re: Former Japan PM Shinzo Abe Unconscious After Shooting; Man in Custody
#22A few reddit comments pointed that the gun was a shotgun, the arrested suspect was in his 40s and presumably an NCO in JSDF. Nothing about motivation yet, just that he surrendered after the two shots
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#23Politically: what motives would the shooter have? I don't follow Japanese politics closely.
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#24The most surprising thing here is that he was shot. How does someone even get a gun in Japan?
Number two is he’s the exPM, so what would shooting him gain?
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#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
There is a lot of unspoken of politicial struggles that go on in Japan, take this one for example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanrizuka_Struggle . It's not just a totally peaceful place as many believe. Also, people are economically in a pretty bad place here, borders are still closed with no sign of opening. It might be a long shot but Abenomics was all about making Japan a "service economy", that relied heavily…
Guns are completely illegal there. Like you could point one at the average cop and it's so unthinkable that you'd have a real one they'd assume it was a toy. I think you might be onto something with the Yakuza, could be foreign activity as well.
Says elsewhere it was a hunting shotgun, which isn't impossible to own.
Re: Former Japan PM Shinzo Abe Unconscious After Shooting; Man in Custody
#26What happens now? Abe is not only an expm but also head of a political group.
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#27The most surprising thing here is that he was shot. How does someone even get a gun in Japan? Number two is he’s the exPM, so what would shooting him gain?
While the gun laws are strict, you can get a licence for hunting or sport. Requirements include testing, demonstration of safe usage, separate safes for gun and ammunition and possible random police checks on your gun and storage.
Shotguns are most common. Rifles are rarer but possible with a history of ownership of a shotgun.
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#28Politically: what motives would the shooter have? I don't follow Japanese politics closely.
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It’s aways complicated to look back at economic policies and come out with simple summaries, but the picture is in my opinion a tad darker than described. He was a pretty polarizing figure and “Abenomics” is used more as a cynically jab than praise in most public interventions we hear.
For reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abenomics#Results
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#29Politically: what motives would the shooter have? I don't follow Japanese politics closely.
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Re: Former Japan PM Shinzo Abe Unconscious After Shooting; Man in Custody
#30Update 3 from terminal: Jul 07 2022 23:10:51 By Ryotaro Nakamaru (Bloomberg) -- Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was unconscious and unresponsive after he was apparently shot in the chest during a political event in the western city of Nara on Friday, national broadcaster NHK and local media reports said. Abe, 67, was apparently shot in the chest, national broadcaster NHK said, adding a man had been apprehen…
Abe has apparently still not yet made it to a hospital, after being ‘ambulanced’ to a helicopter and then airlifted towards a hospital