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Elizabeth Beattie

‘Like time had stopped’: Japan grapples with Shinzo Abe’s loss

Japanese politicians bow to the vehicle believed to be carrying the body of ex-PM Shinzo Abe at his residence in Tokyo [Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters]

Tokyo, Japan – The fatal shooting of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the western prefecture of Nara has sent shockwaves through Japan, a country where firearms are highly regulated and gun violence is rare.

Abe’s body was returned to Tokyo on Saturday as dozens of journalists gathered outside his Tomigaya residence in the capital while joggers and people walking their dogs passed by.

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