Abe's remains reach Tokyo, Japan refuses to succumb to violence
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Abe's remains reach Tokyo, Japan refuses to succumb to violence
Campaigning will resume on Saturday (July 9), the last day of campaigning before voting on Sunday (July 10), a day after a gunman killed former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the western city of Nara. , A body carrying the remains of the slain former prime minister arrived in Tokyo on Saturday from the western Japanese city where he was shot.
Even as police sought to determine the motive and manner of killing Abe, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and other parties announced that they would resume their campaign for the upper house of parliament on Saturday. Will start Officials claimed Abe, who was shot while campaigning for his country's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, had not received any threats.
Shinzo Abe's party and its coalition partner Komito are projected to strengthen their parliamentary majority in Sunday's election. Polls conducted before the assassination indicated that the LDP, where Abe still had considerable influence, was gaining seats.
Given the country's low rate of violent crime and strong gun laws, the murder of Japan's most famous politician has rocked the country and sent shock waves around the world. In the country, politicians often make direct requests to voters outside railway stations and supermarkets during election season. The killing has raised concerns about safeguards for public figures.