Ms. Akie Abe's Petition

"I just wanted him to live."

On August of 2023, Ms. Abe’s petition was presented as evidence to the prosecutors.

When I read Prime Minister Abe’s coverage, there was obviously an overwhelming media exaggeration. Especially in the Diet, the discussion, which is reported by NHK, had media “malfunctions” in covering the submission of a petition by Prime Minister Abe’s wife, Ms. Akie Abe. I read it and shed tears. It was truly a day for me, July 8th. I actually think the media itself was liable for what happened to the Prime Minister, as well. I couldn’t believe what I heard, and what happened to Prime Minister Abe.

What I knew would happen and what actually happened was the persistent Japanese media’s coverage of some “scandals” they call. I mean “they” by the old media.

It was a very powerful, emotional, and convincing statement of what is in her mind. However, I believe the petition is only a statement. Ms. Akie Abe is a live human. The problem with many of the leftists who cheered for the death of Prime Minister Abe was that they don’t understand that Prime Minister Abe is a husband and has a family, including his mother. I believe Prime Minister Abe’s mother was in shock after the sudden, tragic passing of her son. However, above all, it was Prime Minister Abe’s wife, Ms. Akie Abe, who cried desperately in public at Prime Minister Abe’s funeral. He was a great countryman. However, he also must have wanted to live longer and spend time with his wife and his mother peacefully, not like this.

When I speak of Prime Minister Abe, Israeli friends of mine made a lot of comments that he was very pro-Israel. Actually, I believe he was. It’s not too much to say that he was the star among the public. Can you guess why? I actually noticed when I “actually” encountered him. I said I would talk about it some other time on my podcast, Hannah Klein’s Time. My very podcast. I’ll write about why I said so today. Also, I’ll put the full statement as well.

Prime Minister Abe wasn’t a faraway person to me, who lives in the southern part of Japan. He was often to have been to Yamaguchi, which was his home ground, speaking to people. He was really talking to people. However, the first encounter wasn’t in person with Prime Minister Abe. It was the photo of him with the restaurant owner in the very suburb of the Oita area.

I wondered. “How on earth is he in a place where there is almost no one?” I felt at first. I liked him, but I never expected the Prime Minister to visit the restaurant I went to. One after another, I realized how many places I had visited where he had taken a photo before I visited. I always thought, “he can’t have been here.” My guess was always … somehow turned out to be wrong. I noticed myself competing with Prime Minister Abe’s photos and signs if he had visited the place. This is out of my stupidity, I strongly believe.

One day, when I visited a market in his hometown near the shore, I finished eating, not putting on makeup, and dressed terribly as I was on a drive on a day off. I love the market where his hometown was. Suddenly, a man in a suit appeared. I felt. Wow… I looked up, and I first didn’t realize it well. However, after considering for about three seconds, I realized that it was the actual Prime Minister Abe.

I wondered for a moment and went back to my acquaintance who went together on a drive, and said, “I think… There is Prime Minister Abe, but what should I do? Should I take a photo with him or not?” My acquaintance said, “Why not?” He’s surprisingly a nice person. You can’t imagine how nice he was as a person. He was very gracious, and he was also very kind. At that time, he was wearing a very well-tailored suit. I felt that the TV image didn’t reflect Prime Minister Abe’s personality at all.

I feel deepest condolences to Mrs. Akie Abe as a person. She lost half of her life. I’ll put out her full petition, which was read out in the court.

Ms. Akie Abe’s Petition-(August, 2023)

A year has passed since my husband was shot. After the first anniversary of his death, we were finally able to bury his ashes. I am finally able to talk about what happened that day, what my husband became as a person, and my feelings, so I would like to share them with you.

On the morning of July 8th, 2022, I had breakfast with my husband and his mother, and my husband left home at around 8am in high spirits. I sent him off with a “Have a nice trip.” It was a normal morning.