Japan votes in shadow of Abe assassination

By Agence France-Presse

Jul 11, 2022 12:28 am

TOKYO: Polls opened Sunday in Japan's upper house elections, 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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