TRIBUNNEWS.COM – Profile of Shinzo Abe, the former Prime Minister of Japan who was shot while giving a speech in the western city of Nara, Friday (8/7/2022).
Abe fainted shortly after gunshots rang out, NHK reported.
Reported Reutersa man was detained at the scene.
Kyodo News said Abe was unconscious and could be in cardiac arrest.
Profile Shinzo Abe
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Quoted from ForbesShinzo Abe was born in Tokyo, Japan on September 21, 1954.
Abe graduated with a Bachelor of Political Science from Seikei University in 1977.
Abe became Japan’s longest-serving leader in the post-war era, before stepping down in 2020.
Collect BBCit is also known as Abenomics for its distinctive economic policies built on monetary easing, fiscal stimulus, and structural reforms.
The measures led to economic growth during his first term.
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