OPINION

Abe Shinzo, it seems we hardly knew you

News, Koichi Hamada, Published on 10/07/2023

» A year has passed since former Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo was assassinated by a gunman during a campaign rally in Nara on July 8, 2022. Much like the assassination of US President John F Kennedy in Dallas in 1963, Abe's murder marked a watershed moment in Japan's history.