Before he was Japan's longest-serving prime minister, Shinzo Abe studied for three semesters at USC in the late 70s.
Angelenos are expressing shock Friday at the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who attended USC and visited Los Angeles as recently as 2015.The Japanese American National Museum said they last welcomed Abe during a to Los Angeles in 2015.
"We are shocked and saddened by this horrific and violent act and the passing of the former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe," the museum said in a statement."Prime Minister Abe was the longest-serving and most prominent political leader in Japan, with strong ties to the United States.
USC President Carol Folt tweeted a statement from USC, where Abe studied a few semesters during the lates 70s. "The Trojan Family is deeply saddened and shocked by the horrific shooting of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a proud Trojan who last visited USC in 2015," Folt said in her tweet."Prime Minister Abe spent three semesters at the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy from 1978-79, studying English and taking courses in political science, international relations, and history.
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