Over the past few years, the world has witnessed an apparent increase in ostensibly decentralized right-wing terrorist attacks by individuals who appear to act solely on their own behalf (i.e. without receiving instructions or material support from specific terrorist organizations). In response, criminologists have coined the term “lone wolf terrorism” for this strand of terrorism. […]
In this article, we conduct a multidisciplinary, quantitative and qualitative analysis of the Twitter account of Abe Shinzo’s murderer. Based on our findings, we argue against the framing of the perpetrator’s motives as stemming from a non-political, personal grudge and instead highlight the relevance of the different layers that make up his ideological beliefs. This research article is part of a larger project that deals with the immediate aftermath of the murder and its repercussions on social media.
Schäfer, Fabian with Higuchi Naoto; Nagayoshi Kikuko; Matsutani Mitsuru; Kurahashi Kōhei; Yamaguchi Tomomi (2019): ネット右翼とは何か (Was ist die Internet-Rechte?). Tōkyō: Seikyū-sha.