TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s national police chief said Thursday he will resign to take responsibility over the fatal shooting of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at a campaign speech last month.

Mr Abe, 67, who remains Japan’s longest serving prime minister after his resignation in 2020, was shot from behind while speaking at an event in the western city of Nara.

Japan’s ex-prime minister Shinzo Abe, center, falls on the ground in Nara, western Japan on July 8, 2022. AP. NHK spoke to witnesses who said a man approached Abe from behind before at least two ...

Abe, 67, was Japan's longest-serving prime minister. He resigned in September 2020 due to health problems. Abe said at the time that he was suffering from a recurrence of the ulcerative colitis ...

People pray at a site outside of Yamato-Saidaiji Station where Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe was shot earlier today during an election campaign on July 8, 2022 in Nara, Japan.

He served as the Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) from 2006 to 2007 and again from 2012 to 2020. He was the longest-serving Prime Minister in Japanese ...

Abe first took office in 2006 as Japan’s youngest prime minister since World War Two. After a year plagued by political scandals, voter outrage at lost pension records, and an election defeat ...

Abe, 67, was Japan's longest-serving prime minister. He resigned in September 2020 due to health problems. Abe said at the time that he was suffering from a recurrence of the ulcerative colitis ...

Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe has died after being shot at a campaign event.

Former Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot and killed on Friday. Abe's death shocked world leaders, who described the former PM as an outstanding leader. "This is a tragedy for Japan and for all ...

The shooting of Japan's former premier, Shinzo Abe, was an unforgiveable act, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Friday, condemning it in the "strongest terms" as having happened during an ...

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern “So deeply shocked to hear about the past PM of Japan-Shinzo Abe. He was one of the first leaders I met when I became PM.