Shinzo Abe’s call to arms

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🗓️ 14 July 2022

⏱️ 24 minutes

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The assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe may have given his agenda to militarize Japan new life. Abe biographer Tobias Harris explains. This episode was produced by Haleema Shah, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard with help from Victoria Dominguez, engineered by Paul Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	One week ago, the most influential Japanese politician since maybe Emperor Hirohito was assassinated.
0:08.2	Tonight, the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shocked not just Japan, but the world.
0:14.7	Shinzo Abe was killed while campaigning for his LDP, the Liberal Democratic Party,
0:21.1	which days later gained a supermajority in the Japanese parliament.
0:25.6	Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pledged to continue working on Abe's legacy.
0:30.2	I'll work on challenges that Abe could not solve on his own.
0:33.5	The election win could be key in realizing Abe's ultimate vision for Japan.
0:39.5	He wanted to make the Japanese state better defending itself.
0:43.0	He wanted to build a proper national security establishment.
0:45.2	He wanted to lift the restrictions on what the Japanese military could do,
0:48.8	both just to defend Japan, but then also to work in collaboration with the United States and with other countries.
0:54.4	Shinzo Abe's call to arms coming up on today's plane.
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1:42.0	Author of the iconic last Shinzo Abe in the new Japan,
1:46.0	which is the only English language biography of the late Prime Minister.
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