TOKYO: Japan is struggling with shock and sadness, trying to come to terms with the assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe in a nation where firearms are strictly regulated and political violence extremely rare.
From Abe protege Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to ordinary people on social media, there was an outpouring of grief yesterday in a nation where political violence is so rare that the last time a former or sitting prime minister was killed was nearly 90 years ago.
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