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Abe’s party vows to finish his work after win in Japan vote

French President Emmanuel Macron signs a condolences book for late Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the residence of Japan's ambassador to France in Paris, Monday July 11, 2022. Shinzo Abe was assassinated Friday while campaigning in Nara, western Japan. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, Pool) Tomihiro Tanaka, Japan branch head of South Korea’s Unification Church, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo, Monday, July 11, 2022. The Japan branch of South Korea’s Unification Church acknowledged Monday as its member the mother of the suspect in the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, but denied that it demanded large donations from anyone.(Yohei Fukai/Kyodo News via AP) Japanese Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, Fumio Kishida, speaks during a news conference after the results of the Upper House elections at the party headquarters on Monday, July 11, 2022, Tokyo, Japan. (Rodrigo Reyes Marin/Pool Photo via AP) People offer flowers and prayers for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, at Zojoji temple prior to his funeral wake Monday, July 11, 2022, in Tokyo. Abe was assassinated Friday while campaigning in Nara, western Japan. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) A person offers flowers and prayers for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, at Zojoji temple prior to his funeral wake Monday, July 11, 2022, in Tokyo. Abe was assassinated Friday while campaigning in Nara, western Japan. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) People wait in a line to offer flowers and prayers for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, at Zojoji temple during his funeral wake Monday, July 11, 2022, in Tokyo. Abe was assassinated Friday while campaigning in Nara, western Japan.(Kyodo News via AP) Guests arrive for the funeral wake of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, at Zojoji temple Monday, July 11, 2022, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) Akie Abe, wife of Japan's former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, is seen in the hearse carrying Abe's body as they leave their residence for Zojoji temple for the funeral wake in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, July 11, 2022. (Junko Ozaki/Kyodo News via AP) Japan's flag is flown at half mast at the prime minister's office in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, July 11, 2022, as former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated Friday while campaigning in Nara, western Japan.(Kyodo News via AP) The hearse carrying the body of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gets into Zojoji temple for the funeral wake in Tokyo on Monday, July 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae) A staffer, right, moves bouquets of flowers to make room as people write their names and messages after laying bouquets of flowers at a designated stand set up for former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the Liberal Democratic Party's headquarters in Tokyo on Monday, July 11, 2022. Abe was assassinated Friday while campaigning in Nara, western Japan. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae) Japanese Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, Fumio Kishida, speaks during a news conference after the results of the Upper House elections at the party headquarters on Monday, July 11, 2022, Tokyo, Japan. (Rodrigo Reyes Marin/Pool Photo via AP) A man, right, shows his emotions as he was waiting in line to pay respect and lay a bouquet of flowers at a designated stand set up for former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the Liberal Democratic Party's headquarters in Tokyo on Monday, July 11, 2022. Abe was assassinated Friday while campaigning in Nara, western Japan. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae) A woman writes her name and a message after laying a bouquet of flowers at a designated stand set up for former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the Liberal Democratic Party's headquarters in Tokyo on Monday, July 11, 2022. Abe was assassinated Friday while campaigning in Nara, western Japan. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae) U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks to the media before boarding his airplane at Yokota Air Base in Fussa on the outskirts of Tokyo Monday, July 11, 2022. Blinken arrived Monday on a previously unscheduled stop to Tokyo to offer condolences in person over the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. (Stefani Reynolds/Pool Photo via AP) U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken prepares to speak to the media before boarding his airplane at Yokota Air Base in Fussa on the outskirts of Tokyo Monday, July 11, 2022. Blinken arrived Monday on a previously unscheduled stop to Tokyo to offer condolences in person over the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. (Stefani Reynolds/Pool Photo via AP)