Muted response to Abe's assassination shows Japan's resilience

After the funeral, normal life goes on

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Mourners pray for the late former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo on July 12: Japan has responded to Abe's death with sadness but without a sense of dread that it holds a larger political or historical significance. © Reuters

Stephen Givens is a corporate lawyer based in Tokyo.

When my secretary rose from her desk and announced that Shinzo Abe had been shot, I flashed back 59 years to the Saturday morning in Tokyo when my mother woke me up with the news that President John F. Kennedy was dead.

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