>>48259 (continued)
As is usual with sects and cults, there are also claims of "human trafficking", "brainwashing" and "mind control" of subjects. Tbh, considering the geopolitical positioning of the sect, very pro-US hegemony, its cold-war origin, I would not be surprised in the least if they are either infiltrated/co-opted by or in service/partnership with western intelligence agencies. Spooks and religious cults are a very common association.
The mother of Yamagami Tetsuya, the 41yo shooter, was a member and she was apparently scammed by the church into giving them large sums of money, something which ruined the family. It seems likely at this point that Yamagami's act was at least partially motivated by Abe's promotion of that cult which lead some of his voters (possibly including Yamagami's mother) into the arms of the "church". Yamagami allegedly believed police would never prosecute the sect because of the powerful connections to the LDP/govt/Abe. (There are also unconfirmed rumours that Yamagami could have been a member of a splinter cell of the moonies called "Sanctuary Church", led by one of Moon's sons, and known for promoting rifle-armed militants. The SC denied it. Jap media however has claimed that Yamagami "practiced gun shooting" at a religious facility.)
For some more context/anecdotes, see the explanation/ranting of this man that claims he grew up within a moonie org in USA. He tells how the many front orgs of the UC ("anticommie", "world peace", "media freedom", etc.) are linked in a cycle of funds-funneling, influence-peddling, and suckers-recruitment. https://invidious.fdn.fr/watch?v=Q6Umfvb9TEQ

Meanwhile, the elections for which Abe was campaigning when killed took place. Japanese media, including the state media NHK, spent the days broadcasting eulogies for the dead, effectively making pro-ldp political advertisement. (Not a violation of jap electoral law?) However, all MSM coordinated to avoid bringing attention to the UC (referred to only as "a specific group"). I.e., they exploited the event for maximum empathy towards Abe/LDP and minimum scrutiny. And now that the election is over/won, media is trying to disassociate LDP/Abe from the UC, weaselwording about the supposedly "mistaken" or "unreliable" association, trying to shield them from bad publicity.

Ldp got a supermajority (still low turnout of 52%). Not a huge change IMO: dead abe or not, ldp has almost always dominated. However, I have noticed staple US regime media (nyt, wp) positively, or at least non-negatively, promoting the constitutional-amendment agenda and acting as if this particular supermajority "finally" enables them to do that, which is false. If this was the only requirement they could have done it in the past: the militarism of the Abe clan is not new at all and ldp has had the necessary seats in the past. I suspect that, in reality, what's probably happening is that the usa has basically signaled (perhaps even explicitly, in private, during some of their meetings, for example, recently among G7 or Nato) that they would approve and legally allow them to do so. Of course, one of the obvious conditions would be to have them confront china militarily. Apropos: the vice-president of the Taipei has made a point of visiting the Abe homestead to pay his respects to the late promoter of Taiwan secessionism.
Indeed, as anticipated (>>48071) Kishida has already stated that they would propose a constitutional amendment. Their constitution says "the Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation". Considering this was drafted by USA there's already several funny "euphemisms" there. There's going to be a few more euphemisms and word-redefinitions if they amend it.
Btw, it should be noted that japan's "pacifist" constitution still enabled then to have one of the most powerful naval forces, not just in asia, but the world. Although they forbid foreign deployment, the so called "self-defense force" is made of real army, navy, and air force.