Analysts polled by the Chinese edition of Global Times expressed confidence that the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is the biggest political incident in Japanese history since World War II.

Xiang Haoyu, a research fellow at the China Institute of International Studies, said in an interview with GT that the assassination of a Japanese politician could be politically motivated, as elections to the upper house of parliament will be held in the country in a few days.

Lu Yaodong, a researcher at the Institute of Japanese Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said that the attack on Abe would "certainly" provoke a backlash from the Japanese far right.

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe died on July 8 following an assassination attempt. The attacker turned out to be 41-year-old Japanese Tetsuya Yamagami, who served in the Japanese Navy. The detainee stated that he was dissatisfied with the politician and wanted to kill him.