Japan votes in crucial election in shadow of Abe’s assassination – Henry Club

Tokyo: Voting took place on Sunday in the shadow of the assassination of former Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was delivering a campaign speech for the governing party to win a potentially big victory.
Amid polling on Sunday, police in western Japan sent the alleged killer to a local prosecutor’s office for further investigation into murder charges, a day after a top regional police officer acknowledged a possible security lapse that may have killed the assailant. could have been left so small. Still allowed to get close to the influential former Japanese leader and shoot.