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‘Terrorism:’ Abe killing seen as attack on Japan’s democracy

Then Socialist leader Inejiro Asanuma, left, is attacked by a rightist with a sword during his speech in Tokyo on Oct. 12, 1960. In the realm of politics, perhaps the most striking postwar assassination came in 1960, when a rightist attacked Asanuma with a sword before an audience of thousands. (Kyodo News via AP) Police officers investigate at the site where then Nagasaki Mayor Iccho Ito was assassinated by gunshot, in Nagasaki, southern Japan April 17, 2007. (Kyodo News via AP) Japan's then outgoing Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa, left, receives a bouquet of flowers as he leave the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on April 25, 1994. In 1994, a gunman shot at but missed Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa during a speech. (Kyodo News via AP) Then leader of the Liberal Democratic Party Shinzo Abe, second left, shakes hands with electors after his stump speech in Tokyo Dec. 9, 2012. Public outrage, handwringing and vows of defiance in media and among political commentators are widespread in Japan following the daylight assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. (Kyodo News via AP) People offer prayers near the site of the fatal shooting of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, in Nara, western Japan Saturday, July 9, 2022. Public outrage, handwringing and vows of defiance in media and among political commentators are widespread in Japan following the daylight assassination of Abe. (Kyodo News via AP) FILE - In this image from a video, Japan's former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe makes a campaign speech in Nara, western Japan shortly before he was shot on July 8, 2022. Public outrage, handwringing and vows of defiance in media and among political commentators are widespread in Japan following the daylight assassination of Abe. (Kyodo News via AP, File)