Stop Praising Shinzo Abe and His Divisive Nationalism.

The article examines Japan had barely begun processing the shock of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe assassination by a gunman on July 8, 2022 before attention turned to whether his quest to remilitarize Japan, including the revision of its pacifist Constitution, would survive him. Topics include considered Japan's longest-serving prime minister, Abe was a towering presence at home and an influential statesman abroad.