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How Abe changed Japan
Posted By Bill Emmott on July 9, 2022 @ 12:20
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[1] assassination: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/08/world/asia/a-41-year-old-man-is-in-custody-accused-of-shooting-mr-abe.html
[2] political violence: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-abe-shock-idCAKBN2OJ0MK
[3] gun ownership: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/07/08/japan-shinzo-abe-shooting-gun-laws/
[4] stepped down: https://www.npr.org/2020/08/28/906945704/japans-shinzo-abe-is-stepping-down-as-prime-minister
[5] elections: https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2022/06/f8eb75f568ea-campaigning-starts-for-japans-upper-house-election-on-july-10.html
[6] expected to win comfortably: https://thediplomat.com/2022/07/hopeless-japans-weak-opposition-no-match-for-ruling-ldp/
[7] Abenomics: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-62089543
[8] foreign policy: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/7/8/shinzo-abe-will-be-remembered-for-outsized-impact-on-japan
[9] stronger relationship with India: https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-shinzo-abe-india-narendra-modi-japan-8017094/
[10] country’s position: https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/japan-is-back-how-shinzo-abe-restored-japans-global-standing/article65615645.ece
[11] committed itself: https://www.npr.org/2022/07/08/1110440504/former-japan-prime-minister-shinzo-abe-killed
[12] strengthen Japan’s military: https://www.voanews.com/a/japan-s-abe-brought-lasting-change-to-country-s-defense-approach-/6650690.html
[13] revisionist views: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2015/08/22/commentary/abes-revisionism-japans-divided-war-memories/
[14] comfort women: https://www.ft.com/content/a8499da0-f45e-11e4-bd16-00144feab7de
[15] diplomatic relationships: https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2020/09/26/how-abes-diplomatic-activism-elevated-vietnam-japan-ties/
[16] improving ties: https://thediplomat.com/2020/09/abe-shinzos-legacy-in-south-korea/
[17] visited: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-25517205
[18] maintained: https://www.thinkchina.sg/four-turning-points-how-abe-got-china-japan-relations-out-negative-territory
[19] homemade shotgun: https://nypost.com/2022/07/08/shinzo-abe-assassin-used-homemade-gun/
[20] world’s safest countries: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/7/8/largely-gun-free-japan-shock-after-shinzo-abe-fatal-shooting
[21] reports: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20220708_53/
[22] reportedly: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20220709_04/
[23] revise: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2018/12/15/why-shinzo-abe-faces-an-uphill-battle-to-revise-japans-constitution/
[24] security treaty: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/japan/2010-03-01/united-states-japan-security-treaty-50
[25] was stabbed by an assailant six times: https://www.economist.com/asia/2022/07/08/abe-shinzo-has-been-assassinated