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Multiple Japanese newspapers, citing unnamed police “sources,” reported on Saturday that the man arrested on charges of having assassinated former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo said he initially wanted to kill the leader of an unnamed “religious” group but found it more difficult than targeting Abe.
Abe was the longest-serving prime minister in Japanese history and one of the country’s most powerful and respected figures. Supporters credit him with implementing a program, dubbed “Abenomics,” that kick-started a stagnant national economy through massive government spending and the promotion of welcoming women into the workforce. Abe was also a nationalist leader who invested much of his energy in expanding Japan’s defense capabilities and supported amending the Japanese Constitution, written after World War II, to allow the country to have a military. Abe was largely a conservative leader outside of his economic policies.
Shortly before his death, following his departure from the prime minister’s office in 2020, Abe dedicated his public efforts to defending Taiwan from a potential Chinese attack and warning the world to contain Chinese communist military belligerence. Abe repeatedly stated that a Chinese attack on Taiwan would be an attack on Japan and urged the United States to abandon its ambiguous position on the island nation and, instead, vow to defend it.
