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安倍元首相の暗殺事件

日本中に衝撃を与えた今回の事件、すぐさまVOAで報道されました。

台湾の友人からすぐさま連絡があり、現地テレビでもこの報道一色だそうです。”安倍氏は唯一台湾をために尽くしてくれた人”として、これまでの功績が報道されているそうです。

 

 

死を悼み、ご冥福をお祈りいたします。

 

 

 

 

安倍晋三元首相、暗殺される(和訳)

Japan's Former PM Shinzo Abe Assassinated

July 08, 2022

 

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安倍晋三前首相が金曜日の選挙演説中に胸を撃たれ、死亡したと医療当局が発表しました。

 

この事件は、世界で最も銃規制の厳しい国である日本に衝撃を与えました。

 

67歳の安倍氏奈良県の病院で死亡しました。警察が手作り銃と説明したものによる銃創のため、奈良の病院で治療を受けていました。

 

安倍氏は日本で最も長く在任した首相でした。彼は健康上の問題で2020年に辞任しています。

 

日本の放送局であるNHKの映像は、2発の銃声が鳴り響いたとき、奈良の駅で演説する安倍氏を映し出していました。元首相は胸を押さえながら地面に倒れ、彼のシャツは血にまみれていました。

 

医療関係者によると、病院に空輸された後、安倍氏は呼吸をしておらず、心臓も止まっていたと言います。医師は出血を止めようとし、輸血をしました。安倍氏は心臓と首の右側に深い傷があったそうです。

 

現地時間午後5時3分、死亡が確認されました。

 

Tetsuya Yamagami, bottom, is detained near the site of gunshots in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, July 8, 2022. (Katsuhiko Hirano/The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP)
Tetsuya Yamagami, bottom, is detained near the site of gunshots in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, July 8, 2022. (Katsuhiko Hirano/The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP)
西日本の奈良県で銃撃戦があった現場付近で拘束される山上徹也(下)、2022年7月8日。(平野克彦/読売新聞社AP通信より)

 

警察は、犯行現場で銃を持った容疑者を逮捕しました。容疑者は奈良県に住む41歳の山上徹也と確認されました。彼は2005年まで3年間、日本の海軍に勤務していました。

 

NHKの報道によると、山上容疑者は警察の調べに対し、安倍氏が気に食わず、殺したかったと供述していると言います。また、男は過去に手作りの爆発物や銃を何丁か作ったことがあると話しています。

 

日本には非常に厳しい銃刀法があり、銃を購入することはほとんど不可能です。

 

岸田文雄首相はこの襲撃事件を “barbaric””野蛮だ”と非難し、日本の民主主義の根幹を成す選挙中の出来事だと述べました。

 

銃撃事件以前から、安倍氏は日曜日の選挙に大きな影響を与えるだろうと予想されていました。安倍氏は在任中、日本を経済不況から脱却させました。米国と強い絆を築き、アジアで勢力を伸ばす中国に対抗しようとしました。平和主義的な憲法を書き換えるという彼の目標は、国民の支持の低さから失敗に終わりました。

 

A person prays next to flowers laid at the site where late former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot while campaigning for a parliamentary election, near Yamato-Saidaiji station in Nara, western Japan, July 8, 2022. (REUTERS/Issei Kato)
A person prays next to flowers laid at the site where late former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot while campaigning for a parliamentary election, near Yamato-Saidaiji station in Nara, western Japan, July 8, 2022. (REUTERS/Issei Kato)
奈良市大和西大寺駅近くで、安倍晋三元首相が国会議員選挙の選挙運動中に銃撃された現場に置かれた花の横で祈る人(2022年7月8日)。(REUTERS/Issei Kato)

 

日本政府関係者は、日曜日に予定されていた選挙はまだ行われるだろうと述べています。

 

ジョー・バイデン米大統領は、「これは日本と、彼を知るすべての人にとっての悲劇である。」と述べました。隣国の台湾、中国、ロシアをはじめ、アジアやヨーロッパなど、世界中の指導者から同様の衝撃と悲しみのメッセージが寄せられました。

 

この攻撃は日本に衝撃を与えました。人口1億2500万人の日本では、昨年、銃に関連する刑事事件はわずか10件でした。警察は、そのうちの8件がgang activities暴力団活動に関連したものだったと発表しています。1400万人近い人口を抱える東京では、昨年は銃による事件、負傷者、死亡者はゼロでした。

 

川本司郎氏は、東京の日本大学リスクマネジメント学部教授です。彼は、「日本人はショック状態にある 。」と言っています。

 

川本氏はさらに、「これは、銃による暴力が日本でも起こりうるという警鐘となり、日本の政治家を守るためのセキュリティは再検討されなければならない。」と述べています。

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Japan's Former PM Shinzo Abe Assassinated

Extra editions of the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper report on the shooting of Japan's former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on July 8, 2022.(AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has died after being shot in the chest during a campaign speech Friday, medical officials said.

The attack shocked Japan, a nation with some of the most restrictive gun control laws in the world.

The 67-year-old Abe died at a hospital in Nara. He had been getting treatment there for gunshot wounds from what police described as a handmade gun.

Abe was Japan’s longest-serving prime minister. He resigned in 2020 because of a health problem.

Videos from Japanese broadcaster NHK showed Abe speaking at a train station in Nara when two gunshots rang out. The former prime minister fell to the ground while holding his chest. His shirt was covered in blood.

Medical officials said Abe was not breathing and his heart had stopped after being airlifted to the hospital. Doctors tried to stop the bleeding and gave him a blood transfusion. They said Abe had deep wounds to the heart and the right side of his neck.

He was declared dead at 5:03 p.m. local time.

Tetsuya Yamagami, bottom, is detained near the site of gunshots in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, July 8, 2022. (Katsuhiko Hirano/The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP)
Tetsuya Yamagami, bottom, is detained near the site of gunshots in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, July 8, 2022. (Katsuhiko Hirano/The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP)

Police arrested the suspected gunman at the place of the attack. The suspect has been identified as 41-year-old Tetsuya Yamagami of Nara. He served in Japan’s navy for three years until 2005.

NHK reported that the suspect told the police that he was not pleased with Abe and wanted to kill him. The man also said he had made several handmade explosives and guns in the past.

Japan has very restrictive gun laws that make it almost impossible to buy a gun.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida condemned the attack as “barbaric,” saying it took place during elections that form the very heart of Japan’s democracy.

Even before the shooting, Abe was expected to have a major impact on Sunday’s election. During his years in office, Abe pulled Japan out of an economic recession. He built strong ties with the United States and wanted to counter China’s growing strength in Asia. His goal of rewriting the nation’s pacifist constitution failed because of poor public support.

A person prays next to flowers laid at the site where late former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot while campaigning for a parliamentary election, near Yamato-Saidaiji station in Nara, western Japan, July 8, 2022. (REUTERS/Issei Kato)
A person prays next to flowers laid at the site where late former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot while campaigning for a parliamentary election, near Yamato-Saidaiji station in Nara, western Japan, July 8, 2022. (REUTERS/Issei Kato)

Japanese officials have said the election planned for Sunday will still take place.

U.S. President Joe Biden said, “This is a tragedy for Japan and for all who knew him.” Similar messages of shock and sadness came from leaders around the world, including from neighboring Taiwan, China and Russia, as well as from across Asia and Europe.

The attack shocked Japan. With a population of 125 million, the country had just 10 gun-related criminal cases last year. Police said eight of those cases were related to gang activities. Tokyo, a city of nearly 14 million people, had no gun incidents, injuries or deaths last year.

Shiro Kawamoto is a professor at the College of Risk Management at Nihon University in Tokyo. He said, “Japanese people are in a state of shock.”

Kawamoto added, “This serves as a wake-up call that gun violence can happen in Japan, and security to protect Japanese politicians must be re-examined.”

 

 

 

Words in This Story

 

chest - n. the front part of the body between the neck and the stomach

blood transfusion - n. e medical treatment in which someone's blood is put into the body of another person

barbaric - adj. very cruel

impact - n. major influence or effect

recession - n. a period of declining economic activities

pacifist - n. belief that war and violence are wrong

tragedy -n. causing great sadness

gang - n. a group of criminals