We continue our journey through the life and death of Shinzo Abe. Today we look at his remarkable political comeback in 2011, along with his the incidents that never seemed to tarnish his popularity, particularly his horrific historical revisionism, and the Moritomo Gakuen scandal...

Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her Instagram page, and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, Not Another Film podcast.

You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app.

Sources:

• Tobias Harris - The Iconoclast: Shinzo Abe and the New Japan
• Asahi Shimbun - Key Questions on Moritomo Scandal
• The Times - Moritomo Gakuen Scandal
• Guardian - Moritomo Gakuen Scandal
• Japan Times - Moritomo Gakuen Scandal
• Japan Times - Abe stands his ground over Moritomo Scandal
• Japan Times - Moritomo Couple Jailed
• Korea Joon Gang Daily - Abe's pose resurrects horrors of Unit 731  
• The Nation - Abe Poses in 731 Jet
• BBC News - Abe visits Yasukuni Shrine
• FT - Abenomics
• Asia Society - Abe denies the use of "Comfort Women" by Japan
• Wikipedia - Shinzo Abe
• Wikipedia - Akie Abe