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Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shot and killed
A news report on former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe being shot during a political event in Nara, in Tokyo, Japan, on Friday, July 8, 2022. (Akio Kon/Bloomberg via Getty Images) NEW YORK - Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a divisive arch-conservative and one of his nation's most powerful and influential figures, has died after being shot during a campaign speech Friday in western Japan, hospital officials said.Abe, 67, was shot from behind minutes after he started his speech in Nara.