as we beth confront china, jim walsh, international security expert, mit security studies program.t seems that the motive by the suspect, it has nothing to do with geopolitical politics. abe, he aligned himself with washington and the u.s. militarized japan, something that had been unusual because of the world war ii legacy. what does that mean for politics and going forward. >> i think it's certainly a major blow to all japanese citizens regardless of political affiliation. i think they are shocked, they are sad, the whole nation is in mourning. that is just an incredibly rare event that you don't see in japan, so first is the shock effect. i don't think it's going to have an effect, eric, on the election, why do i say that? of course, people are going to go to the polls more sympathetic to abe's party, ldp, but the ldp has basically ruled japan ever since 1955 with only a handful of exceptions. so that party has ruled japan for a long time. it was probably going to win elections anyway, so i don't think it's going to somehow alter what was going to be the electoral result but, bu