Japanese political and business leaders are marking one year since the assassination of former leader Shinzo Abe.
At a separate memorial Saturday attended by governing party lawmakers and conservative academics, Kishida recalled Abe used to cheer him up when he was struggling to make difficult decisions.
Teary Akie Abe said she could not stop crying since the morning thinking about the day a year ago. “But my husband won't come back, so I'm trying to figure out how I can make my husband's death meaningful.”, bolstered Japan’s military role and promoted the “free and open” Indo-Pacific vision now inherited by Kishida. Abe maintained influence even after stepped down as prime minister in 2020.
In Nara, near the site of Abe’s assassination, dozens of people lined up from early Saturday to lay flowers.
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