The Unification Church in Japan

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Abicenzo was the longest serving prime minister in japan's modern history. His funeral has reopened some of the same debates that left the country riven during his tenure. A lot of people see it as an attempt to make criticism of abbe's legacy taboo. And at the same time, the country has been enthralled by stories unspooling the motivations of mister abes killer yamgami tasua.

Women are burning their hijabs on bonfires and hacking off their hair—but the unrest has come to be about far more than the heavy hands of the morality police. The murder of Abe Shinzo, a former Japanese prime minister, exposed troubling government links to a cult-like sect; the fallout could unseat his successor. And using flying robots as 3D printers. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer