He must have retained too much influence for somebody's taste, and I'd wager that somebody isn't Japanese. Political assassinations are unheard of in Japan.
Supposedly a picture of the assailant and gun. From the picture, that looks like it’s probably a homemade “pipe gun” style of shotgun (ie two pieces of metal pipe attached to a grip of some sort). And from what I can make of the media coverage, it seems like Abe is probably dead but the Japanese press just uses odd euphemisms for that until the official death pronunciation comes out.
No heart beat but they won't say he's dead. I guess they have a different definition of dead over there.
Mt. Shinzo was always Americans best ally in the Pacific. Great friend and supporter of our President Trump against Chinese aggression, and massive IT theft.
When someone's heart stops beating, that's when a "code" starts, i.e. CPR, defibrillation, that kind of thing. Until someone calls it the patient won't be pronounced dead. He's obviously an important person so even with little hope they'll probably code him for a long time.
