Kojima Productions threatens legal action after Hideo Kojima wrongly linked to Shinzo Abe killing Rock Paper Shotgun Support us Join our newsletter Visit our store Sign in / Create account If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Kojima Productions threatens legal action after Hideo Kojima wrongly linked to Shinzo Abe killing The claims first began circulating on 4chan News by CJ Wheeler News Reporter Published on July 11, 2022 9 comments In a bizarre turn of events, development studio Kojima Productions has threatened to sue people making suggestions online that their founder Hideo Kojima was involved in the assassination of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe. Abe was shot dead on Friday. Online commenters making some very bad-taste jokes about the identity of the shooter led to a Greek media outlet and French politician misidentifying him as Kojima. The police had the shooter in custody already. You'd think that would be where it ended. Man shoots notable politician, is arrested at scene, charged, and the law takes its course. Not when the Internet gets involved, it would seem. Comments on 4chan suggesting a resemblance between Yamagami and Kojima made their way to Twitter. These eventually led to the Greek TV station ANT1 reporting on Abe's killing using a photograph of the legendary Metal Gear Solid and Death Stranding developer in place of Yamagami (thanks Kotaku). #KojimaProductions strongly condemns the spread of fake news and rumors that convey false information. We do not tolerate such libel and will consider taking legal action in some cases. pic.twitter.com/fDi0FR9kB0- KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS (Eng) (@KojiPro2015_EN) July 9, 2022 To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings Far-right French politician Damien Rieu had tweeted photos of Kojima with the phrase "L'extrême-gauche tue." Translated to English, that's "The extreme-left kills." One of those photos appears to have been picked up and broadcast by the Greek TV station. Rieu later deleted his tweet, but people managed to catch it before it disappeared. Another of the photos shared by Rieu showed Kojima standing next to a photo of Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara, a political interest the Greek station reported among the motivations for Abe's killing. It remains to be seen whether Kojima Productions feels the need to pursue anyone over libel for this weird, though depressingly very 2022, situation. Kojima has yet to comment himself, but shared his company's tweet the day following Abe's murder. More News Jack King-Spooner's next handcrafted game has a teaser demo out Judero brings chat and action in the Scottish Borders Alice O'Connor 17 hours ago 1 If you were hoping for any Overwatch 2 balance changes then you'll have to wait until season two The next season begins in December CJ Wheeler 18 hours ago 3 The Dead Space remake will chuck random Necromorphs at you as you wander the Ishimura In space, no one can hear you proper bricking it CJ Wheeler 18 hours ago 8 Valve register mysterious new Neon Prime trademark in the US It doesn’t seem to be for a particularly colourful Steam Deck CJ Wheeler 20 hours ago 11 Latest Articles What are we all playing this weekend? Well? Alice O'Connor an hour ago 21 Past Wordle answers Here's an archive of previous Wordle words Ollie Toms 2 hours ago 1 Wordle answer today (Saturday 15 October) Hints and the answer to today's Wordle word Rebecca Jones 9 hours ago Overwatch 2 hero tier list Which are the best heroes in Overwatch 2? Ollie Toms 16 hours ago Supporters Only You're probably better than me at One Many Nobody You go on without… uh, you? Sin Vega 17 hours ago Supporter podcast - The Nate Files episode 13: dry bones Bad science is also FUN science! Alice Bell 18 hours ago Japanese dating show Love Wagon has surprising parallels with Yakuza and Persona My new obsession Ed Thorn 2 days ago If you're hankering after Bayonetta 3, Valkyrie Elysium might be a good substitute It's not out on PC until next month, but the console demo has been a surprise charmer Katharine Castle 1 week ago 4 We've been talking, and we think that you should wear clothes Total coincidence, but we sell some clothes Buy RPS stuff here