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Abe’s complicated legacy looms large for current Japan PM

FILE - Former Japan's Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, left, and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe celebrate after Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga was elected as new head of Japan's ruling party at the Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) leadership election in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2020. Assassinated former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was perhaps the most divisive leader in recent Japanese history. He was also the longest serving and, by many estimations, the most influential. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool, File) FILE - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, center, shouts traditional "Banzai (long life)" cheers with lawmakers and members of his ruling Liberal Democratic (LDP) Party during its annual convention at a hotel in Tokyo on March 5, 2017. Assassinated former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was perhaps the most divisive leader in recent Japanese history. He was also the longest serving and, by many estimations, the most influential. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File) FILE - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe laughs while speaking at the Center for Strategic International Studies in Washington on Feb. 22, 2013. Assassinated former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was perhaps the most divisive leader in recent Japanese history. He was also the longest serving and, by many estimations, the most influential. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File) FILE - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, center, laughs with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, second from right, and Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera as they put their hands together during their meeting at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on Oct. 3, 2013. Assassinated former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was perhaps the most divisive leader in recent Japanese history. He was also the longest serving and, by many estimations, the most influential. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, Pool, File)