LATEST on the Shinzo Abe attack: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is headed back to Tokyo from Yamagata after canceling campaign events. He is expected arrive within the hour, be debriefed, and deliver remarks, according to local media.
Abe, 67, had been making a campaign speech at around 11 a.m. local time ahead of an election Sunday for the upper house of the Japanese Parliament when he was shot from behind, the Associated Press reported. An NHK reporter heard what sounded like two gunshots and saw Abe bleeding. He collapsed on a street while delivering a speech in the city in western Japan. Video showed security guards rushing to him and people attempting to provide medical assistance.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida headed back to Tokyo from Yamagata after canceling campaign events and is expected to be debriefed and deliver remarks on the situation, according to local media. Other officials were also returning to Tokyo. — ラーム・エマニュエル駐日米国大使 July 8, 2022 JAPAN EYES RESTARTING NUCLEAR REACTORS AS HEAT WAVE CAUSES POWER CRUNCH
Abe is currently serving as a member of the House of Representatives, which is the upper chamber of the Japanese Parliament. He became prime minister of Japan in 2012 and served until 2020, finishing out as the longest-serving prime minister in Japanese history. He cited poor health as a reason for his resignation.
A vocal critic of China, Abe sought to strengthen ties with the United States and the West. He was regarded as a pioneer of the"free and open Indo-Pacific" concept that has since been integrated into the framework for the U.S. strategy for the region. The concept called for stronger coordination between countries with similar interests in the region. The goal was to appeal to smaller nations in the region that had been reluctant to choose a side in the rivalry between the U.S.
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