Turnout in Japan’s election is estimated to be only a shade higher than the previous upper-house vote—hardly an outpouring of sympathy for Abe Shinzo or a newfound zeal for democracy
on July 8th. Shocked citizens lamented the death of both a towering politician—Japan’s longest-serving post-war prime minister—and their collective sense of safety. Kishida Fumio, the country’s current leader, looked distraught as he confirmed that upper-house elections scheduled for July 10th would continue as planned, casting the killing as a challenge to democracy itself.
While mourners brought flowers to the crime site, the country picked itself up and carried on. Voters gave the ruling Liberal Democratic Party a thumping victory in the elections, as expected. Turnout is estimated to be only a shade higher than the previous upper-house vote three years ago—hardly an outpouring of sympathy for Mr Abe or a surge of newfound zeal for democracy.
Instead, as details about the killer have trickled out, Mr Abe’s death has come to look more like a tragic but isolated murder than the opening shot of a political battle. Yamagami Tetsuya, the shooter whom police arrested at the scene, reportedly told investigators that he was not motivated by politics, but by a personal grudge against a group with which Mr Abe was loosely affiliated. Mr Yamagami seems to have assembled his weapon at home and worked alone.
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