Osaka ¨C Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot and killed on July 8 in Nara while delivering a campaign speech two days prior to a national election.
The alleged shooter, Tetsuya Yamagami, used what local media are referring to as a ÊÖÑu¤Îã| (tesei no j¨±, handmade gun) to kill Abe. Although the former prime minister was rushed to the hospital after the attack, he died later that day due to ´óÁ¿³öѪ (tairy¨ shukketsu, massive blood loss).
Abe¡¯s death might be a rather somber topic for the Bilingual section, but in the reporting that followed the incident an interesting language lesson emerged. While English-language media described what happened as an °µš¢ (ansatsu, assassination), the Japanese media largely avoided using that term.
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