News Coverage Shinzo Abe shot

[Rob]

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot at an event in the city of Nara, according to local media reports.

Here's how CNN broke the news...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmwVm6cPVXE

[BBI45]

NHK World is currently switching between broadcasting domestic programming with simultaneous interpretation, and special Newsline programming.

I do not want to speculate about his condition, but current reports are that he is very seriously injured. My thoughts are with Mr Abe, and his family, friends and colleagues at this time.

[Roger Darthwell]

I am watching NHK World right now, and they are showing a JIB TV documentary but there are on screen updates on what happened

[BBI45]

I am watching NHK World right now, and they are showing a JIB TV documentary but there are on screen updates on what happened

They've been switching between news and documentaries for a couple of hours now. The amount of new information has been very limited, and you can only repeat the same info for so long. Abe's wife has just arrived at the hospital, so I'd expect another update soon.

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Several broadcasters are now reporting the death of Shinzo Abe. NHK World is currently showing sumo programming, but I imagine they will be returning to news programming shortly.

[Roger Darthwell]

NHK World has just interrupted programming,he has died. May he RIP

[Roger Darthwell]

NHK World has gone into a simulcast of NHK domestic channel with simultaneous translation

[Humphrey Hacker]

Shocking news. I always thought Japan was a peaceful nation. RIP.

Top story on BBC News

[Rob]

If we could stick to discussing news coverage rather than the event itself please...

Thank you.

[CantGetIn]

There is a live stream of Japanese news. (All-Nippon News Network)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJjPJctl0rM

Not able to understand but get the gist. Never seen the method they use of holding up physical cards and a physical photo in the studio.





They also drew on the cards to highlight what they were saying.



Now being handed updates via paper on screen.

[Roger Darthwell]

NHK World broke away from simulcasting, they returned to a special edition of Newsline, where they recapped the news, then showed a 3 day weather forecast for Asia and they are now showing a documentary

[Transmission]

Not able to understand but get the gist. Never seen the method they use of holding up physical cards and a physical photo in the studio.

Been a few years since I've had regular sight of Japanese television but the use of physical props and printed cards was a very common thing on their news programmes.

Also all sorts of uses of graphics that would look strange to us, 3D characters with flags for heads used to represent international negotiations and that sort of thing.

[Newsroom]

Shocking news. I always thought Japan was a peaceful nation. RIP.

Top story on BBC News

Well to be fair, most networks are commenting on that very fact hence the shocking entire of it all.

[BBI45]

One comment that I held off mentioning earlier was that I thought a lot of the phrasing used before the formal announcement was interesting.

Normally, we see reports in this sort of situation progress from initial injury to the victim's condition to the victim's death (when applicable). But in this case, we had a lengthy period where there were apparently "no vital signs" but he was still apparently alive. Having looked at some discussions elsewhere, this seems to be a common practice in Japanese media. I've not got any official sources for this, but it is claimed that decades ago, the Japan Medical Association complained that media outlets were reporting people as being deceased when doctors/coroners had not yet been able to confirm so and complete all the relevant documentation.

Since then, it has become common practice that when the media suspects that a person has died, they will instead describe them as having suffered a "[font=sans-serif]cardiopulmonary arrest" or as having "no vital signs". A person will only be described as deceased once a doctor/coroner is willing to do so.[/font]

[font=sans-serif](I apologise for this rather morbid post, but it was something that has really stood out to me about how this tragic incident has been reported.)[/font]

[Jon]

Shocking news. I always thought Japan was a peaceful nation. RIP.

Top story on BBC News

Well to be fair, most networks are commenting on that very fact hence the shocking entire of it all.

Yes, there are certain countries where this wouldn’t be as shocking, but in a developed nation like Japan you don’t expect it to happen but it could happen anywhere, if the wrong person gets access to someone like that. And I guess you it highlights why world leaders need protection for life after leaving office.

I think in many ways this is even more shocking internationally than it happening to their present leader, as he is certainly a more recognisable face.

[TVenthusiasm]

NHK World broadcasting footage from the domestic NHK G channel right now.



May Shinzo Abe rest in peace.