Japan on Saturday marked a year since the shock assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe, the country's longest-serving leader and a towering political figure. ManilaBulletin READ:
Abe was gunned down in broad daylight while giving a campaign speech in western Japan, targeted by a man allegedly angry over the former leader's links to the Unification Church.
On Saturday, visitors from all walks of life formed a long queue outside Tokyo's Zojoji Buddhist temple, offering flowers before framed pictures of a smiling Abe. In the western Nara region, people brought flowers and prayed outside Yamato-Saidaiji Station -- the site of Abe's shooting. Abe's murder also prompted soul-searching over Japan's security arrangements, with pledges to improve the protection of politicians.
While he was perhaps Japan's best-known leader overseas, at home, Abe was a divisive figure whose conservative values and high-handed ways alienated liberal voters.
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