My deeper fear is that the shooter was somehow being radicalized or abetted by CCP interests. The Japanese security agencies will leave no stone unturned in analyzing this shooters local and international relationships, if any.

https://www.newsweek.com/japan-shinzo-abe-shooting-nara-tetsuya-yamagami-suspect-gun-homemade-1722965

Putting this Franz Ferdinand fear aside, the shooters status in the military could have the effect of turning the Japanese public away from a renewed military focus.

The CCP is a huge winner today and a horrible day for the Japanese people, and other nations living under the CCP boot.