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A hearse carrying the body of assassinated former prime minister Shinzo Abe arrived in Tokyo on Saturday from the western Japanese city where he was shot at close range on the campaign trail. The murder of Japan's best-known politician rattled the country and sent shockwaves around the world, particularly given…

TOKYO: A hearse carrying the body of assassinated former prime minister Shinzo Abe arrived in Tokyo on Saturday after he was shot at close range on the campaign trail.

Coronavirus infections have been surging nationwide, with all 47 prefectures seeing a week-on-week increase in the number of new cases.

The Tokyo Family Court on Thursday approved the divorce of a Japanese woman from her French husband and granted her custody of the couple's two children, despite a French court's issuance of an arrest warrant against her on suspicion of abducting the children.

Friday's shocking assassination of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe stunned the world and drew immediate condemnation, with world leaders praising Abe's "global leadership" and slamming a "cowardly attack".

Shinzo Abe was the father of "Abenomics", one of the founding members of the Quad and brought the Olympics to Tokyo.

TOKYO: Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe died in hospital on Friday, local media reported, hours after being shot during a political campaign event in an attack condemned as "absolutely unforgivable".

TOKYO: Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated on Friday by a gunman who opened fire at close range as the hugely influential politician delivered a campaign speech.

TOKYO: Former prime minister Shinzo Abe fell unconscious after being attacked by an unidentified gunman while giving a stump speech on a western Japan road on Friday morning, police and firefighters said.