Updated: July 8, 2022 at 10:29 AM
Ex-Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe slain at 67: a look back (36 images)
Shinzo Abe, Japan's longest-serving prime minister, was assassinated in a shooting on July 8, 2022. Abe had resigned as prime minister on August 28, 2020, citing health reasons. He was killed while delivering a campaign speech for a parliamentary candidate in Nara, Japan. Here's a look back at his political career.
Shinzo Abe, then-deputy secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party, speaks to the media after a four-day trip to India at the LDP head office in Tokyo on March 23, 2005. He emphasized the importance of better relations with India. Photo by Keizo Mori/UPI
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (R) shakes hands with Abe prior to their meeting at the U.S. State Department in Washington, D.C., on May 2, 2005. Photo by Roger L. Wollenberg/UPI
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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (L) and Abe review a military honor guard during a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on October 8, 2006. Abe, the first Japanese leader to visit Beijing since 2001, arrived for a summit with Chinese leaders, seeking a thaw in ties chilled by wartime history and to consult on North Korea's nuclear threat. Photo by Stephen Shaver/UPI
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U.S. President George W. Bush and Abe arrive for a joint press conference after their meeting at Camp David in Maryland on April 27, 2007. Pool Photo by Ron Sachs/UPI
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