Shinzo Abe was assassinated by a shooter wielding a homemade gun in the city of Nara.
If someone had asked me to come up with a million predictions about Japan, that statement would still not have been remotely close to crossing my mind.
It’s shocking news, but it is important to recognize that this shock extends well beyond the mere loss of a human life — even one as famous as Abe's.
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