Exit polls show LDP retaining power with comfortable election victory as country mourns former leader
While the official result has yet to be declared, experts said Abe’s violent death, at 67, could boost turnout and support for his party.Photograph: Toru Hanai/EPA
“We must never allow violence to suppress speech during elections, which are the foundation of democracy,” Kishida, said during a campaign speech on the eve of the vote. NHK said Yamagami had spent months planning the attack, having started by building explosives before deciding to construct “multiple” guns using skills he had learned during his three years in the maritime self-defence force.
“In all the years since I became a police officer in 1995 … there is no greater remorse, no bigger regret than this.”
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