The attempted assassination of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe has drawn a wave of concern among political leaders from across the Asia-Pacific region and sparked warnings over the fragility of the world’s democracies.
Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister who stood down in 2020, was taken to hospital on Friday after being shot in the neck and left collarbone in Nara, a city south of Kyoto.
Rahm Emanuel, the US ambassador in Tokyo, said the US was “shocked and saddened” by the shooting.
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