Shooting in the middle of the street is explosive anywhere.
Let alone attacking a member of the Imperial Family.
The Japanese Imperial Family may have declined in the halls of power, but it still holds sacred ground in the hearts of the Japanese people.
After the incident, the Fukushima law enforcement worked tirelessly, uncovering the gunman's identity in just half a day.
"Satoshi Takemoto, 56 years old, local to Fukushima, has been a fisherman for generations, affected by nuclear waste discharge into the sea, lost his primary source of income, and because their livelihood was cut off, his only son impulsively invested the family's savings into the deceptively prosperous stock market, hoping to get rich overnight, but ended up losing everything in the stock market crash, and last month committed suicide by drowning in the sea where he used to fish."
Tragic.
Truly tragic.
Lonelier and colder than the night outside.
