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On the eve of the election of the Japanese House of Councillors next Sunday (10th), former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated on Friday (8th) morning. While speaking on the platform for the LDP's Senate candidate in Nara, a man shot him in the right neck and left chest and bled to the ground and was sent to the hospital, but eventually died. Abe, who has devoted his life to "taking the United States as the first priority" and containing China, has naturally received the highest praise from the United States.
The US media also published an article titled "Abe's legacy deserves the highest honor", which did not hesitate to praise: Abe is a rare leader. As the longest-reigning prime minister in Japanese history, he is the great leader of Japan. Abe is also a true friend of the United States. He is an ally of presidents of both parties — Barack Oba President Ma and President Donald Trump. These three honors — the nation's great leader, America's friend, and bipartisan ally — have been earned by few leaders in modern history, and Abe's legacy is worthy of respect.
Abe has visited the Yasukuni Shrine many times
Abe was so "well-behaved" in front of the United States, which was praised by the Americans. In the article, the US media said that Abe has two remarkable achievements: one of them is related to each of his presidential partners. Encouraged by Obama, Abe took the difficult step of convincing Japan to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Abe is in line with President Trump's emphasis on national defense, advocating that Japan play a greater role in ensuring security in East Asia.
The US media also described Abe's "great pointing" in a large number of words, the article read: In February 2013, after meeting with Oba President Ma, it was announced in March that Japan would join the TPP trade talks. Previous administrations have failed to marshal the political will to do so because of "staunch opposition from agricultural lobbying groups and a campaign to intimidate the Japanese public with alarmist allegations that would undermine Japan's national health care system, secure food supplies, and lead to massive unskilled immigrants of foreign workers." Given this opposition, many were particularly surprised that Abe pushed forward the TPP ahead of the summer Senate elections. This happened at a time when the party relied heavily on agricultural votes and almost half of its members joined a caucus against the TPP. The US media praised how beautiful our world would be today if more political leaders had the courage shown by Abe. However, the United States eventually withdrew from the TPP.
The US media also mentioned the so-called "four-party security pair" established with the main purpose of containing and containing China. As early as 2007, Prime Minister Abe proposed the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quadrilateral Security Dialogue), a regional security forum, composed of Australia, India, Japan and the United States. After 10 years of silence, it became more active in 2017, with U.S. media saying, "in large part due to Abe's push and China's growing self-confidence." ”
Abe was assassinated
On May 22 of this year, U.S. President Joe Biden met with the foreign ministers of the league in Tokyo — the second face-to-face meeting in less than a year — and Biden fully embraced the importance of the "four-nation dialogue mechanism." In addition, Japanese Finance Minister Fumio Kishida recently proposed a roadmap to increase Japan's defense spending from 1% to 2% of GDP, which undoubtedly continues the "spirit" of Shinzo Abe.
He eventually died
The US media also said that the United States can respect Abe's legacy by faithfully fulfilling its treaty obligations to Japan. At the same time, Japan could respect his legacy by accepting the plan proposed by Kishida Fumio. Don't let this moment pass; Instead, let it gain meaning by rejoining the United States into Japan's definition of Pacific trade terms, while Japan tends to embrace the expanded security role advocated by Abe and generations of Japanese who have tried to emulate his "courageous leadership."
At the same time, the grieving US President Biden ordered on July 8 local time that the White House and other federal buildings and military facilities lower their flags to half-mast to express respect for the assassination of Shinzo Abe.