This is a terrible tragedy. Shinzo Abe seemed like a good man. I hope he pulls through, though reading the comments here makes it seem less likely.
All this is unfortunate as he genuinely boosted Japan's economy, doing much to Japan's status in the world[1]. The sibling comments here linked some blog posts calling him a "fascist" or just a patriot ("civic nationalist"). The reality is somewhere in between.
Hitler and Pinochet, to name a couple.
This is a dangerous narrative you are going down.
This is an idiotic narrative you are peddling.
He was a far right nationalist, japan war crime negationist and inserted revisionist propaganda in history school manuals. He was generally anti foreigners, anti equal rights. He was a member of the crazy nationalist cult Nippon Kaigai that wants a return to prewar status of the godly emperor and profess Japanese Yamato pure race superiority. Look that up.
Wikipedia :
"Shinzo Abe [0] was affiliated with the openly ultranationalist organization Nippon Kaigi (Japan Conference). He was considered a right-wing populist and ultra-conservative within the LDP, and some media and books referred to him as a far-right politician. According to Professor Dominique Tasevski, his legacy can be defined by nationalism, historical revisionism, and a deterioration in Japan-South Korea relations."
"Nippon Kaigi [1] believes that "Japan should be applauded for liberating much of East Asia from Western colonial powers; that the 1946–1948 Tokyo War Crimes tribunals were illegitimate; and that killings by Imperial Japanese troops during the 1937 Nanjing Massacre were exaggerated or fabricated". The group vigorously defends Japan's claim in its territorial dispute over the Senkaku Islands with China, and denies that Japan forced the "comfort women" during World War II. Nippon Kaigi is opposed to feminism, LGBT rights, and the 1999 Gender Equality Law."
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinzo_Abe#Political_positions...
I see a lot of vague hate for him here and biased links being posted.
What exactly is your issue with him? Without using buzzwords like "historic revisionist" or "far-right, ultra-racist".
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Mainly people are saying he's racist because he visited Yasukini Shrine that honors the dead from Japan's wars when he resigned to "inform the spirits".
It's not like visiting a "Nazi elite general" grave like another user made an analogy of.
This is all ridiculous and you people are despicable and disgusting for making slanderous claims especially at a time like this. Terrible.
Historic revisionism is an apt description, not a "buzzword".