Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, one of the country’s most powerful postwar leaders, was killed Friday in a gun attack while attending a campaign event in Nara, near Osaka, according to public broadcaster NHK. He was 67 years old. A longtime fixture in Japan’s political landscape, Abe served as premier for a short stint — from 2006 to 2007 — before holding the country’s highest political
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