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TL;DR Shinzo Abe was associated with a religious group 'Church of Unification'... that motivated Tetsuya Yamagami to target and kill Shinzo Abe. Yamagami told

by achow 4y ago

TL;DR Shinzo Abe was associated with a religious group 'Church of Unification'... that motivated Tetsuya Yamagami to target and kill Shinzo Abe. Yamagami told investigators that he blamed a “religious group” (i.e. the Unification Church) for inducing his mother to donate so much money that it bankrupted the family. He initially prepared to kill a church leader, but gave up after deciding it was too difficult. Yamagami then turned his focus on Abe, whom he was aware promoted the church at some level.

pyinstallwoes 4y ago
Isn’t this nearly identical to the real life events journaled by a reporter in Tokyo from the 90s? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Vice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Vice
- permo-w 4y ago
  besides being about crime in Japan, I can't see any similarities in the article
  - pyinstallwoes 4y ago
    - permo-w 4y ago
      the words you used were "nearly identical". if you squint, there are some very general passing similarities. if your original comment had said that this shares some themes with Tokyo Vice, I don't think you'd be getting downvoted
pppq 4y ago
- swarnie 4y ago
  Did you roll a new account just to justify murder?
  - zarathustreal 4y ago
    Don't let fear control you. You're (presumably) not part of a cult and (presumably) have no intention of becoming part of one. (Presumably) none of your social groups are on the verge of being labelled one by the general public. Whether or not a given killing is morally wrong is undecidable. Obviously, sometimes killing one person saves many people.
  - pppq 4y ago
    No.
CodeArtisan 4y ago
Abe was not supposed to be here, his speech was planned to happen in another city but instead it was decided to go to Nara the evening before. The killer couldn't have planned to kill Abe.
- Aeolun 4y ago
  The killer could have gone anywhere Abe was?
  - jacquesm 4y ago
    Not without outside help, and there is no evidence of that so this is quite speculative. I don't think it is possible for an individual to track a high ranking former official like that without being noticed so personally I see this as coincidence rather than anything else. And that may well explain the reluctance to go further in their statements by the media, they are likely just waiting for the results of the investigation.
    - freemint 4y ago
      He probably took a train.
    - School-Cotton 4y ago
      > Not without outside help Why not? Wasn’t it public knowledge that Abe would be speaking there? At least with a few hours of notice?
    - ncann 4y ago
      > I don't think it is possible for an individual to track a high ranking former official like that without being noticed so personally In this case Shinzo Abe was doing some campaigning for his party, so obviously his destination must be communicated beforehand on the news so that people know to show up.
- akg_67 4y ago
  According to NHK TV News, shooter went to Okayama the day before where Abe made campaign speech. But as the speech was at a auditorium and Abe didn’t mingle with crowd after speech and left right away, shooter didn’t have the chance. Shooter found out online that evening about Abe’s visit to Nara.

by achow 4y ago

pyinstallwoes 4y ago

Isn’t this nearly identical to the real life events journaled by a reporter in Tokyo from the 90s? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Vice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Vice

permo-w 4y ago
besides being about crime in Japan, I can't see any similarities in the article
- pyinstallwoes 4y ago
  - permo-w 4y ago
    the words you used were "nearly identical". if you squint, there are some very general passing similarities. if your original comment had said that this shares some themes with Tokyo Vice, I don't think you'd be getting downvoted

pppq 4y ago

swarnie 4y ago
Did you roll a new account just to justify murder?
- zarathustreal 4y ago
  Don't let fear control you. You're (presumably) not part of a cult and (presumably) have no intention of becoming part of one. (Presumably) none of your social groups are on the verge of being labelled one by the general public. Whether or not a given killing is morally wrong is undecidable. Obviously, sometimes killing one person saves many people.
- pppq 4y ago
  No.

CodeArtisan 4y ago

Abe was not supposed to be here, his speech was planned to happen in another city but instead it was decided to go to Nara the evening before. The killer couldn't have planned to kill Abe.

Aeolun 4y ago
The killer could have gone anywhere Abe was?
- jacquesm 4y ago
  Not without outside help, and there is no evidence of that so this is quite speculative. I don't think it is possible for an individual to track a high ranking former official like that without being noticed so personally I see this as coincidence rather than anything else. And that may well explain the reluctance to go further in their statements by the media, they are likely just waiting for the results of the investigation.
  - freemint 4y ago
    He probably took a train.
  - School-Cotton 4y ago
    > Not without outside help Why not? Wasn’t it public knowledge that Abe would be speaking there? At least with a few hours of notice?
  - ncann 4y ago
    > I don't think it is possible for an individual to track a high ranking former official like that without being noticed so personally In this case Shinzo Abe was doing some campaigning for his party, so obviously his destination must be communicated beforehand on the news so that people know to show up.
akg_67 4y ago
According to NHK TV News, shooter went to Okayama the day before where Abe made campaign speech. But as the speech was at a auditorium and Abe didn’t mingle with crowd after speech and left right away, shooter didn’t have the chance. Shooter found out online that evening about Abe’s visit to Nara.