#japan politics
Japan's former Prime Minister and President of the Liberal Democratic Party died in the western Japanese city of Nara on Friday 8 July, after being shot while delivering a speech, according to Japan's Liberal Democratic Party officials. Two gunshots were heard at the scene as a man shot Abe from behind, wielding what appeared to be a homemade shotgun, according to reports. Abe died around five and a half hours after the shooting, showing no vital signs as he was…