democracy and suppression of freedom of speech. you played the video and we heard those two gunshots ring out. earlier today around 11:30 a.m. local time, nhk reported that shinzo abe had been shot twice, once in the chest and according to the fire and disaster management agency, once in the neck. it happened while delivering a speech, a stump speech around 11:30 this morning local time in western japan about an hour and a half, two hours ago the current prime minister held a press conference and addressed abe s current condition. take a listen. translator: first of all in the morning today in noara, i received the news that shinzo abe is shot and in critical condition. i pray that he pulls through. reporter: he went on to call the shooting an unforgiveable act. nhk says the former prime minister was bleeding from his chest and in a state of cardiac arrest while being transported to the hospital. witnesses say he was shot from behind, he didn t collapse after the first sh
together, almost impossible to get a gun in japan without extensive paperwork. i can t think of anyone that i know personally who was in possession of any sort of weapon like that. and this is a country where you fly domestically at the airport, you know, they barely check you before you get on the plane. there really is a very different feeling once you are inside japan in terms of safety, in terms of feeling that this is a place where annual crime statistics especially when it comes to gun relate ded deaths so long, more than 120 million people and you maybe have a dozen shootings throughout the whole country. and every time there is a country, it is the lead story on the national news because it is so rare. and it is always usually gang members that are fighting each other over property disputes. territory dispurts. so it is really extraordinary that this happened. it certainly will really shock and resonate throughout japan