Shinzō Abe

Shinzō Abe   (politician, deep state functionary?)
Born	安倍晋三 21 September 1954 Tokyo, Japan
Died	8 July 2022 (Age 67)
Cause of death	gunshot
Nationality	Japanese
Alma mater	University of Southern California, Bunmei Ibuki
Religion	Shinto
Spouse	Akie Matsuzaki
Victim of	assassination
Party	Liberal Democratic Party
As Japanese PM he aggressively re-militarised the country  Prime Minister of Japan In office 26 December 2012 - 16 September 2020 Succeeded by Yoshihide Suga Remilitarizing Japan  Prime Minister of Japan In office 26 September 2006 - 26 September 2007 Succeeded by Yasuo Fukuda  Japan/Liberal Democratic Party/President In office 26 September 2012 - 26 September 2007  Japan/Liberal Democratic Party/President In office 20 September 2006 - 26 September 2007  Japan/Chief Cabinet Secretary In office 31 October 2005 - 26 September 2006  Japan/Member of House of Representatives In office 19 July 1993 - Present  Japan/Leader of the Opposition  In office 26 September 2012 - 26 December 2012  Japan/Member of the House of Representatives In office 19 July 1993 - Present

Shinzō Abe is a Japanese politician. As Japanese PM he pushed to remilitarise the nation, re-introducing intelligence agencies, modifying the Japanese constitution to allow for foreign wars and first strikes on other countries. He has presided over the country's aggressive support of the "war on terror" narrative, increasing mass surveillance of citizens and stiff penalties for those accused of conspiring to commit acts of "terrorism".

Background

Abe is the grandson of Nobusuke Kishi, a WW2 criminal in imperial China. Kishi was released and not convicted after the war by the US, and tasked with helping shape Japan as a reliable partner by the US, effectively aiming Japan to be a client state. Kishi was a key player in the forming of the LDP-party in Japan, the leading and most powerful party in post-war Japan. Abe became one of the leading members of the LDPs nationalistic neoconservative wing.

Career

About 7000 people protest Abe's remilitarization of Japan

Shinzō Abe "spent considerable effort" to facilitate Japan's remilitarization. As with the decision to rebuild the intelligence agencies, this may reflect a success of the deep state in taking effective control over the political leadership of country.

First tenure

Abe became Prime Minister of Japan on 26 September 2006. He announced a new cabinet on August 27, 2007. However, the new agricultural minister Takehiko Endo, involved in a finance scandal, resigned only 7 days later. On September 12, 2007, only three days after a new parliamentary session had begun, Abe announced his intention to resign his position as prime minister at an unscheduled press conference. Abe said his unpopularity was hindering the passage of an anti-terrorism law, involving among other things Japan's continued military presence in Afghanistan. Party officials also said the embattled prime minister was suffering from poor health. On September 26, 2007 Abe officially ended his term as Yasuo Fukuda became the new Prime Minister of Japan.

Second tenure

He became Prime Minister of Japan again on 26 December 2012. Abe became more focused on foreign policies in his second tenure, and often increased his efforts in the Japanese Diet and often received criticism for being a revisionist, most notable for events in WW2 and in conflicts with China.

“I think the definition of what constitutes 'aggression' has yet to be established in academia or in the international community. Things that happened between nations will look different depending on which side you view them from.”
Shinzo Abe (April 26, 2015) 

In March 2015, he announced a plan to rebuild the Japanese intelligence agencies, using the UK's MI6 as a model. The Intelligence agencies were dismantled by the Allies after World War II.

Abe had a quite stern and authoritarian way of presiding, even for Japanese culture, perhaps symbolizing the older Japanese generation. During a joint review meeting of the National Commission on Basic Policy in 2015, Abe remarked

“I do not know what you are saying that we have done wrong, but the legal statement we have put forward is absolutely correct because I am the Prime Minister.”
Shinzo Abe (20 May 2015) 

The Kyodo news agency reported that on 22 April 2015, a drone with traces of radiation was landed on top of Abe's office, carrying a camera and a small bottle with the radioactive symbol. Tests found it was carrying a small amount of radioactive caesium, reported. Abe was in Indonesia at the time, attending an Asian-African conference.

On 24th April, radioactive contamination was discovered in a park in Tokyo.

Assasination

A video showing the moment Abe was shot. Warning: Explicit content. NSFW

On the 8th of July 2022, Abe was shot point-blank with a shotgun by a Japanese navy veteran in his 40s during a campaign rally in the city of Nara.

 

Appointments by Shinzō Abe

Appointee	Job	Appointed	End
Fumio Kishida	Japan/Minister of State for Regulatory Reform	27 August 2007	1 August 2008
Fumio Kishida	Japan/Minister/Foreign Affairs	26 December 2012	3 August 2017
Fumio Kishida	Japan/Minister/Defence	28 July 2017	3 August 2017
Fumio Kishida	Japan/Minister of State for Okinawa and the Northern Territories	27 August 2007	1 August 2008
Fumio Kishida	Japan/Minister of State for Science Technology and Quality of Life	27 August 2007	1 August 2008
Kono Taro	Japan/Minister/Foreign Affairs	3 August 2017	11 September 2019
Kono Taro	Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission	7 October 2015	3 August 2016
Kono Taro	Japan/Minister/Defense	11 September 2019	16 September 2020

 

Events Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
WEF/Annual Meeting/2013	23 January 2013	27 January 2013	Switzerland	2500 mostly unelected leaders met to discuss "leading through adversity"
WEF/Annual Meeting/2014	22 January 2014	25 January 2014	Switzerland	2604 guests in Davos considered "Reshaping The World"

 

Related Document

Title	Type	Publication date	Author(s)	Description
Document:The Gulf of Credibility	blog post	14 June 2019	Craig Murray	That Iran would target a Japanese ship and a friendly Russian crewed ship is a ludicrous allegation

Rating

8 August 2023 Jun  A very important figurehead in Japanese politics during the rise of China in the early 2000s.
As grandson of a WW2 vet, CIA liaison and possible deep state aligned-cult leader, Abe aggressively turned Japan slowly into a possible Ukraine of Asia against China. The fact he also had a very archaic and unapologetic way about the past or its ability to learn from it, perhaps shows the peace in Asia in this century is not a given.

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