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Key moments in life of Shinzo Abe, former Japanese leader

FILE - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during a press conference at the prime minister official residence in Tokyo on Aug. 28, 2020. On the day, Abe announced he will step down as prime minister, again citing health reasons, after his ulcerative colitis flares up again. By that point, Abe had already become Japan's longest-serving prime minister. (Franck Robichon/Pool Photo via AP, File) FILE - A protester steps on a portrait of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the Rising Sun flag during an anti-Japan rally in front of the Japanese embassy in Seoul, South Korea on July 2, 2014. Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, Shinzo Abe was credited with instilling political and economic stability. However, he angered Japan’s neighbors South Korea and China along with many Japanese with his nationalistic rhetoric and calls to revise the country’s pacifist constitution. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File) FILE - South Korean students tear a huge Japanese rising sun flag during a rally denouncing Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's statement to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, near the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, South Korea on Aug. 15, 2015. Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, Shinzo Abe was credited with instilling political and economic stability. However, he angered Japan’s neighbors South Korea and China along with many Japanese with his nationalistic rhetoric and calls to revise the country’s pacifist constitution. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File) FILE - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe explains about "three arrows" of his "Abenomics" plan during a press conference at the headquarters of his ruling Liberal Democratic Party in Tokyo on Sept. 24, 2015. Seeking to boost growth, Abe launches his “Abenomics” policies featuring easy lending and structural reforms. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama, File) FILE - Japan's newly-named Prime Minsiter Shinzo Abe waves at the media upon his arrival at the prime minister's official residence following his election at Parliament in Tokyo on Dec. 26, 2012. In 2012, after again being elected Liberal Democratic Party president, Abe became prime minister for the second time. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File) FILE - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announces his resignation at a nationally televised press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2007. In 2007, following electoral defeats that saw the Liberal Democratic Party lose control of the legislature for the first time in 52 years, Abe resigned as prime minister, citing health reasons. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File) FILE - Newly-appointed Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, center, poses with his Cabinet members for the official group photo at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on Sept. 26, 2006. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File) FILE - Shinzo Abe, president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, bows at the House of Representatives after being elected as Japan's new prime minister in Tokyo on Sept. 26, 2006. In 2006, Abe became Japan’s prime minister for the first time, overseeing economic reforms while taking a hard line on North Korea and seeking to engage with South Korea and China. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara, File) Japan's then Deputy Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party Shinzo Abe, right, celebrates with then Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, left, as the party won at an election of the House of Representatives in Tokyo in September 2005. In 2005, Abe was appointed chief cabinet secretary under Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, during which he leads negotiations to return Japanese citizens abducted to North Korea. (Kyodo News via AP) FILE - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, right, shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, second left, prior to their summit talks in Pyongyang, North Korea on Sept. 17, 2002. Then Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe is pictured at third left. In 2005, Abe was appointed chief cabinet secretary under Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, during which he leads negotiations to return Japanese citizens abducted to North Korea. (Kyodo News via AP) Shinzo Abe, front right, is held by his grandfather Nobusuke Kishi, front center, when Kishi was sworn in as new prime minister at an unknown place in Japan in February 1957. Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, Shinzo Abe was credited with instilling political and economic stability. However, he angered Japan’s neighbors South Korea and China along with many Japanese with his nationalistic rhetoric and calls to revise the country’s pacifist constitution. (Kyodo News via AP) FILE - U.S. President Donald Trump, right, shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe before signing an agreement on trade at the InterContinental Barclay New York hotel during the United Nations General Assembly, in New York on Sept. 25, 2019. During 2014-2020, Abe served two additional terms as prime minister for a total of four, during which he develops close relations with then-president Donald Trump, holding summits and golfing together. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) FILE - Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during a press conference at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, on Sept. 25, 2017. Japan’s NHK television says former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has died after being shot during a campaign speech. Abe was shot from behind minutes after he started his speech Friday, July 8, 2022, in Nara in western Japan. He was airlifted to a hospital for emergency treatment but was not breathing and his heart had stopped. He was pronounced dead later at the hospital.(AP Photo/Shizuo KambayashiK, File) FILE - Then Japan's new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during his first press conference at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012. Former Japanese Prime Minister Abe, a divisive arch-conservative and one of his nation's most powerful and influential figures, has died after being shot during a campaign speech Friday, July 8, 2022, in western Japan, hospital officials said. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File) FILE - Then Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, center, reviews an honor guard in a ceremony prior to his meeting with high-ranked officers of the Japan Self-Defense Forces at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2013. Former Japanese Prime Minister Abe, a divisive arch-conservative and one of his nation's most powerful and influential figures, has died after being shot during a campaign speech Friday, July 8, 2022, in western Japan, hospital officials said.(AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File)