Japan votes in shadow of ex-PM Abe assassination

By Agence France-Presse

Jul 10, 2022 12:24 pm

TOKYO: Japanese voters cast their ballots on Sunday in an upper house election, just two days after former prime minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated while on the campaign trail.

The election, which is expected to see Abe's ruling Liberal Democratic Party increase its majority, has been overshadowed by the murder.

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