Ryan believed that the apostles will still face some resistance from their country's law enforcement so he went from one country to another slaughtering the politicians who were incapable of being responsible.
John back in New Washington was watching the news channels with a wide grin on his face. He saw Ryan moving from one place to another just to leave a dark impression on people's minds. John noticed a very important thing while he was skimming through the recorded telecasts. Ryan created a show everywhere but he also made sure that some sort of marker was put on certain individuals.
In Tokyo, Japan he used the decapitated heads and made them fall in the hands of some bystanders. John didn't find anything wrong until Ryan kept repeating similar things with blood or directly pointing at people.