Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Death Officially Confirmed

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyemin] NHK reported that former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was shot during an election campaign on the 8th, has died.


According to the report, a Liberal Democratic Party executive stated that former Prime Minister Abe lost his life while undergoing treatment.


Former Prime Minister Abe was shot by a former Maritime Self-Defense Force member around 11:30 a.m. that day during a campaign rally supporting the House of Councillors election in Nara City, Nara Prefecture.



He was urgently transported to the hospital but was in a state of cardiopulmonary arrest.


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