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8 Jul 2022

‘Grief, disbelief, anger’: Former special advisor to Shinzo Abe reacts to his assassination

Social Affairs Editor and Presenter

We spoke to Dr Satona Suzuki, lecturer in Modern Japanese History at Soas University of London, and Professor Tomohiko Taniguchi, who was the Special Adviser to the former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

We began by asking him how he felt about what had happened to a man who he’d worked so closely with.