Shinzo Abe, 67, was giving a speech at a campaign rally when he was shot twice from behind with what appeared to be a homemade gun. The gunman was wrestled to the ground by police after the shooting.
Fair enough. Maybe I’m mostly thinking of how they compare with the US and its poor record in this area. Seems like a lot of this comes from ultra-nationalists of some stripe, no?
While nationalistic ideologues seem to dominate the political violence in Japan and the US, it’s a bit disingenuous to assign blanket statements to these things.
Fair enough. Maybe I’m mostly thinking of how they compare with the US and its poor record in this area. Seems like a lot of this comes from ultra-nationalists of some stripe, no?
While nationalistic ideologues seem to dominate the political violence in Japan and the US, it’s a bit disingenuous to assign blanket statements to these things.
As I said, a lot, not all.