Former PM Abe Assassinated
Jul 9, 2022, 7:02 pm
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Maybe my memory is getting a little bit hazy, but as far as I can recollect the biggest mistake of the DPJ in 2011, 2012 is being directly responsible for the 3/11 earthquake and the aftermath.
Jul 9, 2022, 7:05 pm
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/20...ldp-elections/
Jul 9, 2022, 7:11 pm
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For some good insight on the pathetic opposition parties, read this:
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/...r-17289245.php
An excerpt:
'Hopeless': Japan's weak opposition no match for ruling LDP
Ahead of Sunday's parliamentary elections, nearly a dozen opposition parties are trying to topple the Liberal Democratic Party, which has ruled, almost without interruption, since the end of World War II.
These include a party whose sole platform is a call to boycott public broadcaster NHK, and a party whose trademark is burdock roots and says the vegetable can beat bad guys.
Oh, yeah: There’s also the fractured, bickering main opposition party, which has failed for years to put up a viable candidate for prime minister.
These parties, though wildly different in their policies, share a common trait: They have little chance of upsetting the behemoth LDP, especially as Prime Minister Fumio Kishida maintains stable support ratings and carefully avoids divisive issues ahead of the vote.
The dominance of the LDP is taken for granted here, and Japanese opposition parties, experts say, are more concerned about survival than finding a mutual platform that could viably challenge the LDP. Voters, meanwhile, seem to prefer the stability of the LDP.
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/...r-17289245.php
An excerpt:
'Hopeless': Japan's weak opposition no match for ruling LDP
Ahead of Sunday's parliamentary elections, nearly a dozen opposition parties are trying to topple the Liberal Democratic Party, which has ruled, almost without interruption, since the end of World War II.
These include a party whose sole platform is a call to boycott public broadcaster NHK, and a party whose trademark is burdock roots and says the vegetable can beat bad guys.
Oh, yeah: There’s also the fractured, bickering main opposition party, which has failed for years to put up a viable candidate for prime minister.
These parties, though wildly different in their policies, share a common trait: They have little chance of upsetting the behemoth LDP, especially as Prime Minister Fumio Kishida maintains stable support ratings and carefully avoids divisive issues ahead of the vote.
The dominance of the LDP is taken for granted here, and Japanese opposition parties, experts say, are more concerned about survival than finding a mutual platform that could viably challenge the LDP. Voters, meanwhile, seem to prefer the stability of the LDP.
Jul 9, 2022, 7:22 pm
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Yes. Like any good politician, he may not be a card carrying "member", but he linked himself with whatever group which would provide votes, support, and money, as long as the group was tenable to his beliefs, which were ultra-conservative.
Abe was a big fan far-right group Nippon Kaigi, but he also gave speeches for the Unification Church, and the LDP (Abe's Party) had long standing ties with them as well.
This article gives some details, but now that the Moonies are being named, I'm sure more links will soon be uncovered.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-tetsuya-yamagami-japan-prime-minister-shinzo-abe/
But here's a nice little nugget from 2006 (back when Abe had his first tenure as PM) found though the power of Google:
https://www.japan-press.co.jp/2006/2499/cult.html
Abe was a big fan far-right group Nippon Kaigi, but he also gave speeches for the Unification Church, and the LDP (Abe's Party) had long standing ties with them as well.
This article gives some details, but now that the Moonies are being named, I'm sure more links will soon be uncovered.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-tetsuya-yamagami-japan-prime-minister-shinzo-abe/
But here's a nice little nugget from 2006 (back when Abe had his first tenure as PM) found though the power of Google:
https://www.japan-press.co.jp/2006/2499/cult.html
Jul 9, 2022, 7:32 pm
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Jul 9, 2022, 8:18 pm
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They can't keep the details away from the public forever, but they can do so at least long enough to avoid poisoning the well against LDP votes.
Jul 11, 2022, 2:54 am
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https://japantoday.com/category/crim...er-is-follower
And there we have it. Unification Church, aka the Moonies. Now publicly disclosed as the organization the shooter was referring to. Fascinatingly crazy stuff! At least they are owning up to it. But somehow that makes it… even worse. As though they are so proud, they don’t care.
This article pretty much sums it all up:
https://shingetsunewsagency.com/2022...ed-shinzo-abe/
And there we have it. Unification Church, aka the Moonies. Now publicly disclosed as the organization the shooter was referring to. Fascinatingly crazy stuff! At least they are owning up to it. But somehow that makes it… even worse. As though they are so proud, they don’t care.
This article pretty much sums it all up:
https://shingetsunewsagency.com/2022...ed-shinzo-abe/
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Jul 11, 2022, 9:02 pm
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And there we have it. Unification Church, aka the Moonies. Now publicly disclosed as the organization the shooter was referring to. Fascinatingly crazy stuff! At least they are owning up to it. But somehow that makes it… even worse. As though they are so proud, they don’t care.
This article pretty much sums it all up:
https://shingetsunewsagency.com/2022...ed-shinzo-abe/
And there we have it. Unification Church, aka the Moonies. Now publicly disclosed as the organization the shooter was referring to. Fascinatingly crazy stuff! At least they are owning up to it. But somehow that makes it… even worse. As though they are so proud, they don’t care.
This article pretty much sums it all up:
https://shingetsunewsagency.com/2022...ed-shinzo-abe/
-one point of relevance not mentioned in it though was that Kishi (Abe's Class A war criminal grandfather) had the charges against him dropped by the US during its post-WW2 occupation so that they could eventually install him as Prime Minister. The US loved his anti-communist fervor.
Jul 14, 2022, 6:00 pm
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Policeman guarding Japan ex-PM Abe distracted by bicycles and missed suspect
Sounds like a nightmare situation for a police officer. There were so many moving parts that I could see in the videos, any one of which represented a potential threat.
Sounds like a nightmare situation for a police officer. There were so many moving parts that I could see in the videos, any one of which represented a potential threat.
Jul 14, 2022, 7:37 pm
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Policeman guarding Japan ex-PM Abe distracted by bicycles and missed suspect
Sounds like a nightmare situation for a police officer. There were so many moving parts that I could see in the videos, any one of which represented a potential threat.
Sounds like a nightmare situation for a police officer. There were so many moving parts that I could see in the videos, any one of which represented a potential threat.
Jul 14, 2022, 7:43 pm
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And there we have it. Unification Church, aka the Moonies. Now publicly disclosed as the organization the shooter was referring to. Fascinatingly crazy stuff! At least they are owning up to it. But somehow that makes it… even worse. As though they are so proud, they don’t care.
This article pretty much sums it all up:
https://shingetsunewsagency.com/2022...ed-shinzo-abe/
And there we have it. Unification Church, aka the Moonies. Now publicly disclosed as the organization the shooter was referring to. Fascinatingly crazy stuff! At least they are owning up to it. But somehow that makes it… even worse. As though they are so proud, they don’t care.
This article pretty much sums it all up:
https://shingetsunewsagency.com/2022...ed-shinzo-abe/
Of course the Moonies weren't just screwing things up in Japan. A cousin got married in the 1980 mass NYC wedding. It did not turn out well, and the guy ended up getting arrested years later for child abuse.
Jul 15, 2022, 1:28 am
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https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2...on-church.html
100M JPY. I understand his anger. Doesn’t make murder right.
100M JPY. I understand his anger. Doesn’t make murder right.
Jul 15, 2022, 5:00 am
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Unfortunately, the rather unique Japanese cultural desire to conform and comply at all costs makes fertile ground for the cults....
Jul 15, 2022, 11:46 pm
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