One of the most disturbing things about the death of Shinzo Abe is that there might not be much to learn from it at all.
The media focus has zeroed in on the Unification Church, the organization better known as the Moonies, to which suspect Tetsuya Yamagami’s mother belonged and reportedly donated hundreds of thousands of dollars. That bankrupted her family and left Yamagami with a grudge against Abe, who had given speeches to organizations related to the group.
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