I watched an interview on Fox Shannon Bream that happened only minutes after he was shot. Bream talked to a woman from Fox business who interviewed Abe about the recovery of the Japanese economy etc. She talked about how Abe wasn't just a long serving PM that had retired. He was giving a political speech running for office(their congress) when he was shot, and he was considered a king maker. A lot like Trump is now Abe's support was a golden ticket. So Abe was still very active in politics. It would be like if Trump was in/running for a Senate seat here, or made a run for Speaker.

This was either a one off nut(unlikely) or it was a hit by the globalists/Chinese. They had plenty of reasons to want Abe dead. If a hit its a bad sign. More are probibly coming.