Police said Tetsuya shot Abe in the neck from around 10 feet away. Footage of the event appeared to show the shooting suspect standing behind Abe without any visible security around him.
Am copying two FReepers who are in JP so they can jump in.
There will certainly be questions and an investigation about the security posture of his security detail.
Talked with my stepdaughter earlier today (lives in JP) and she thinks this will shake Japanese society. She believes there will be collective shame and guilt that arguably the most influential political leader of JP in 40 years was killed in such a public fashion by a gun.
Regarding the shooter, she proffered that mental health counseling is still not looked at approvingly by older generations of Japanese. It just isn't talked about. She has been on two trains over the years where the train stopped for what was called a "mechanical issue". Later she found it was for a suicide jumper in front of the train.
