Former PM of Japan Assassinated: Former Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated in Nara on 8th July 2022 while campaigning for the upcoming election.
Key facts:
- The 67-year-old world leader was shot dead while making a speech in the western city of Nara.
- The police arrested a suspect, Tetsuya Yamagami, 41, on an initial charge of attempted murder before Mr. Abe’s death was announced.
- It was the first assassination of a sitting or former Japanese premier since the days of prewar militarism in the 1930s.
- Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, has announced that India would observe a day of national mourning.
About Abe:
- Hailing from a political family, Mr Abe, was Japan's longest-serving prime minister.
- He held office in 2006 for a year and then again from 2012 to 2020, before stepping down citing health reasons.
- While he was in office, he pushed more assertive policies on defence and foreign policy and had long sought to amend Japan's pacifist post-war constitution.
- He also pushed for an economic policy that came to be known as "Abenomics", built on monetary easing, fiscal stimulus and structural reforms.
- He was succeeded by his close party ally Yoshihide Suga, who was later replaced by Fumio Kishida.
- He shared a close relationship with India, visiting the country in 2006, 2014, 2015 and 2017.
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