The main event was a mass held at the Zojoji Buddhist temple in Tokyo, attended by hundreds of attendees, including the current premier, Fumio Kishida, and Abe’s widow.
Japan remembered this Saturday to Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abewhen fulfilled one year after his murder, during a campaign event in the city of Nara, in the center of the country. The main event was a mass held at the Zojoji Buddhist temple in Tokyo, attended by hundreds of attendees, including the current premier, Fumio Kishida, and Abe’s widow.
On the other hand, near the place where the leader was killed in Nara, to the west of the island, dozens of people lined up in the morning to deposit flowers. “Public opinion is divided on how to evaluate Abe, but resorting to violence is unacceptable”declared in that place Yui Sugiyama, a local resident, in statements quoted by the Kyodo news agency.
Shinzo Abe.
Shinzo Abe.
Abe was shot dead during an election rallyl, in a fact that shocked not only Japan but also the world and forced the country to strengthen its security devices. The accused of being the author of the act, Tetsuya Yamagami, who was found a homemade weapon.
Yamagami allegedly attacked Abe for his alleged ties to the Moon sectalso known as the Unification Church. The defendant resented this organization for the large donations his mother made, which ruined his family.
Abe was the best known Japanese political figure in the archipelago and abroad and was the leader who spent the longest years in power, serving in total more than eight and a half years as prime minister, between 2006-2007 and between 2012-2020. the former not a member of the Unification Churchbut in 2021 he participated in a colloquium of an affiliated group, as did other politicians, such as former US President Donald Trump.
Source: Ambito
