The assassination of Japan’s longest-serving prime minister Shinzo Abe has profoundly shaken the country’s sense of the natural order of things in an emotional upheaval that equals or exceeds how Americans reacted to US President John Kennedy’s death in 1963. The assassination of Japan’.
Former Japanese Prime Minister and the country s longest-serving leader Shinzo Abe, 67, died after being shot in the western city of Nara while delivering a speech ahead of a national election, according to media reports, citing a ruling party source.
A man who was arrested in connection with the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on July 8 told investigators that he harbored a “grudge” against him, citing a religious organization, investigative sources said.
The front pages of Japan’s national newspapers on July 9 make clear just how difficult it is for the nation as it grapples with the aftermath of Abe’s death.