Shinzo Abe killing: Why a religious group has been put in the spotlight – BBC News

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1. More on this subject from other reputable sources:

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   – Nikkei Asia (B-): [Japan to bar Putin from attending Shinzo Abe state funeral](https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Shinzo-Abe/Japan-to-bar-Putin-from-attending-Shinzo-Abe-state-funeral)
   – South China Morning Post (C+): [Japan may not allow Russia’s Putin to attend Shinzo Abe’s state funeral: report](https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3186338/japan-may-not-allow-russias-putin-attend-shinzo-abes-state)
   – Reuters (A+): [Shinzo Abe’s suspected assassin to undergo psychiatric evaluation – media](https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/shinzo-abes-suspected-assassin-undergo-psychiatric-evaluation-media-2022-07-23/)
   – Straits Times (B): [Japan approves Sept 27 state funeral for Shinzo Abe, sparking protests](https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-plans-sept-27-state-funeral-for-shinzo-abe)

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2. This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-62173865) reduced by 87%. (I’m a bot)
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   > When Tetsuya Yamagami confessed that he decided to kill Japan's former prime minister because of Shinzo Abe's ties to a specific religious group, the phrase "Shukyo Nisei" started trending on social media.

   > The Family Federation for World Peace and Unification – formerly named the Japan Unification Church – has since confirmed that Yamagami's mother has been a member since 1998.She reportedly joined after her husband took his own life, leaving her to raise three young children on her own.

   > "The group has caused societal problems with its spiritual-pressure sales and mass weddings, but politically it is anti-communist, and it is close to Japan's conservative politicians.”

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3. Chicken shit BBC waits until more than halfway down the article to mention the cult’s name but call it a “religious group” in the lede. Lickspittle grovellers to power who never report on what’s really going on unless everyone is already doing it and they’re left with no choice.