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NHK reporting that the former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe
has been pronounced dead. This of course after earlier this

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morning around 330 a.m. UK time Shinzo Abe a former prime
minister was speaking at a campaign event. He was shot twice. He

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was quickly transported to a hospital. From there we knew his
condition was grave. But again NHK reporting now that the former

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prime minister has died. He of course leaves behind him a very
very hefty legacy to put it in the least. Shinzo Abe a bringing

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stability back to Japan strengthening relations between the U.S.
and China a loss that is very felt throughout not just the world

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but of course Japan as well at the moment. There are elections
set to take place on Sunday. Finance Minister Suzuki did tell

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the press moments ago that changes. Plans to change the election
would mean a loss for democracy. Again that was before as we

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have just learned that the former prime minister Shinzo Abe of
Japan has died. NHK is currently reporting that he had died from

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gunshot wounds. He was speaking at a political event in NARA.
That's the western part of western Japan. Shinzo Abe was sixty

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seven years old of course. Among this audience he's very widely
known for his been a banal mix as the country dealt with the

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financial crisis pushing into negative rates. But it's not just
the impact on the economy. Again it is the legacy he lives

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leaves behind when it comes to to politics. It was a very
tumultuous time in Japanese politics before Abbate was at the

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helm went through very a variety of prime ministers before orbit
including himself. I should say. But he stepped in as the prime

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minister ushering this period of more consistency than Japan had
seen in some time.