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Shinzo Abe

Images reveal lapses in Shinzo Abe's security prior to shooting

Nikkei analysis of 146 seconds before former prime minister's assassination

A man prays on the spot where Shinzo Abe, Japan's longest-serving prime minister, was assassinated by a gunman in Nara City on July 8. (Photo by Kosaku Mimura)

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