The mother of the author of the shots belongs to the Church of Unification, a religious movement to which she paid gifts which led to her personal bankruptcy and the breakup of her family.
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While the investigation continues on the assassination of Shinzo Abe, targeted for its proximity to the Moon sect, the funeral of the former Japanese Prime Minister held in intimacy, Tuesday, July 12, at the Temple Zojo-ji Buddhist, in the heart of Tokyo. A funeral vigil, open to the public, had attracted, the day before, hundreds of people wishing to pay a last tribute to the former head of government killed in Nara while he was spending a speech as part of the campaign for the senatorials of July 10. They could deposit white eyelets on an altar decorated with his portrait, smiling, in white shirt without tie.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida went there, like the American secretary to the Treasury, Janet Yellen, and the Taiwanese vice -president, William Lai – the highest Taiwanese personality who came to Japan since the breakdown of official relations, In 1972. Returning from Bali where he participated in the G20 meeting, the American secretary of state, Antony Blinken, then stopped in Tokyo to pay tribute to “a man carrying a vision” who “did More than a lot to strengthen relations between the United States and Japan “.
On the same day, the Liberal Democratic Party (PLD) in power was careful of all triumphalism after its broad victory in the senatorials. For the announcement of the results which gave 63 seats to the PLD out of the 125 to be filled, Mr. Kishida wore a dark tie and a black ribbon with the buttonhole, signs of mourning. He wanted to maintain the ballot which “represents a foundation of our democracy, shaken by violence”. The flags were put at half mast at Kantei, the Prime Minister’s offices.
Relations with religious movements
Meanwhile, the police continue to question Tetsuya Yamagami, the author of the shots. The former 41 -year -old sailor reproached Mr. Abe his ties with “an organization” that the authorities refused to quote, just like the mainstream media, until the weekly and online publications, less timid, reveal that ‘It was the association of the Holy Spirit for world unification, also known as the Moon sect. “I have targeted Mr. Abe because of his proximity to the Church of Unification,” said Tetsuya Yamagami, who denied having killed him for political reasons.
The mother of Mr. Yamagami belongs to the Church of unification to which she consented important gifts which led to her personal bankruptcy, August 21, 2002. According to Mr. Yamagami, his hatred of Mr. Abe is due to this commitment – confirmed by the sect – led to the breakup of his family. The Unification Church was created in 1954 by the South Korean Reverend Moon Sun-Myung (1920-2012). With nearly three million members around the world, it was renamed in 2005, Federation of Families for World Peace and Unification.
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