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.

Abe shakes hands as he arrives to speak to a joint session of the U.S. Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on April 29, 2015. Abe became the first Japanese prime minister to address a joint meeting of Congress. Photo by Pat Benic/UPI

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Obama (L) and Abe wait to begin an opening plenary at the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, D.C., on April 1, 2016. Pool Photo by Andrew Harrer/UPI

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Abe answers question from leader of the Democratic Party, Katsuya Okada, during the debates with party leader at the Lower House of the Diet in Tokyo on May 18, 2016. Photo by Keizo Mori/UPI

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Obama (L) shakes hands with Abe after his speech at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, Japan, on May 27, 2016. Obama was the first sitting U.S. president to visit Hiroshima to pay respects to the 140,000 people killed by the world's first nuclear atomic bomb in 1945 that brought World War II to a close. Photo by Keizo Mori/UPI

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