Former Japanese Leader Shinzo Abe Assassinated. What You Need to Know.

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🗓️ 8 July 2022

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Japan’s longest serving prime minister, Shinzo Abe, is dead. Abe’s legacy loomed large over Japan and his untimely death sent shockwaves throughout the country and the world. But with Abe’s death, questions arise about what direction Japan will go. Bruce Klingner, a Heritage Foundation Senior Research Fellow specializing in Japanese affairs, joins this bonus episode of “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss what the implications are for Japan, and dive into the legacy that Abe leaves behind. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey Daily Signal listeners, Doug Blair here with a bonus episode of the Daily Signal Podcast.
0:11.8	Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is dead, assassinated in Nara, Japan.
0:17.2	As the world reels from the assassination of this beloved public leader, it can be interesting
0:21.7	to know what exactly the consequences of this assassination will be.
0:26.0	To answer those questions, we have Bruce Klingner, a heritage foundation senior research
0:29.9	fellow specializing in Korean and Japanese affairs to come talk to us.
0:34.1	Enjoy.
0:37.0	My guest today is Bruce Klingner, a heritage foundation senior research fellow specializing
0:51.3	in Korean and Japanese affairs.
0:53.5	Bruce, welcome to the show.
0:54.9	Thanks for having me.
0:55.9	Major world news today, as former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was just assassinated,
1:02.8	kind of first off, what are the immediate implications of this murder for Japan?
1:07.6	It's just a shocking development because having such a senior leader assassinated, of course,
1:14.2	would be stunning to a nation, particularly given that gun violence is virtually unheard
1:19.1	of in Japan.
1:20.5	They have very strict gun laws, they have a culture against gun ownership.
1:25.8	And last year they had one gun related death amongst a population of 125 million.
1:31.2	So the nation will be stunned not only because it was Abe being killed, but just anyone related
1:37.6	to gun violence.
1:38.9	And Abe casts a very long shadow on the Japanese political landscape.
1:43.7	He served two different tenures as prime minister, including both the youngest postwar prime
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