The assassination of Abe has drawn attention to a fringe political party that had criticized him ahead of Sunday’s upper house election for alleged connections to religious groups.
Only one day after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was gunned down, the heads of major political parties resumed campaigning on July 9 across Japan while expressing the resolve to carry on.
Campaigning kicked off June 22 for the Upper House election that will give voters their first opportunity to assess the Kishida administration’s performance since it took power eight months ago, with skyrocketing increases in consumer prices and fuel due to the weakening yen being a key issue.