TOKYO: Japan on Saturday (Jul 8) marked one year since former prime minister Shinzo Abe was gunned down during an election speech by a man angry at his links to the Unification Church. The death of Ja
during an election speech by a man angry at his links to the Unification Church.
Among them was Tsuu Ogawa, 49, a hotel worker, who celebrated her birthday the day that Abe was assassinated. "I will support politicians who carry on the work of Abe's administration," Atsuhiro Ueda, a 35-year-old office worker, said as he joined others at the temple. Police officers stand guard at an entrance as mourners offer flowers and prayers for the late Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, who was shot while campaigning for a parliamentary election in 2022, during the one-year commemoration ceremony of his assassination at Zojoji temple in Tokyo, Japan, Jul 8, 2023. BACKLASH
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