<figure id="attachment_253030" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 1727px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-253030"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="77c3b819"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2022/07/e9c8ce809de4edf7d58386177ee25949.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-253030" class="wp-caption-text">After graduating from Seikei University, he studied at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. He studied political science. After returning to Japan in April 1979, he joined Kobe Steel, Ltd. where he worked for three years at the New York office, Kakogawa Works, and Tokyo headquarters.</figcaption></figure>
Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was killed by a bullet.
At around 11:30 a.m. on July 8, he was shot from behind by Tetsuya Yamagami, an unemployed suspect living in the prefecture, at a rotary near Yamato Saidaiji Station on the Kintetsu Line in Nara Prefecture, where he had rushed to give a speech in support of the House of Councillors election. Despite the medical staffs&#8217; continued efforts, he was pronounced dead at the hospital where he was taken later that evening. He was shot twice in the throat area and his heart was severely damaged. The cause of death is believed to be exsanguination.
The vehicle carrying the body of former Prime Minister Abe arrived at his home in Shibuya Ward before 3:00 p.m. on July 9. The wake is scheduled to be held on the 11th, with the House of Councillors election to follow, and the funeral on the 12th.
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Former Prime Minister Abe lost his life in an unprecedented act of violence. Take a look back at the footsteps of the former Prime Minister who served for 3,188 days, the longest in the history of constitutional government of Japan.
Born into a prestigious family, Abe&#8217;s father was former Foreign Minister Shintaro Abe and his grandfather was former Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi. After entering Seikei Elementary School, he remained at Seikei until university. One of his classmates from junior high school told us in a past interview with this magazine, &#8220;Abe-kun is a just a normal guy.&#8221;
 Abe is an ordinary person. He is not an honor student, but he is not an inferior student either. It doesn&#8217;t mean that he can&#8217;t study or do sports. But he was always somehow in the middle of everyone. That&#8217;s how I felt.&#8221;
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On the other hand, his high school friends remembered him as the heir to a political family.
&#8220;He was the head of the local fishery cooperative. At that time, the head of the local fishery association came all the way to the guest house to greet us, but he was undaunted and responded properly, saying, &#8216;My father is always indebted to you.'&#8221;
In 1987, he married Mrs. Akie, then 25 years old. In 1991, he was elected for the first time to the House of Representatives in a general election, and in ‛06 he became the youngest postwar prime minister at the age of 52.
In addition to photos from his student days, this magazine witnessed him running in the morning surrounded by SPs, enjoying golf, and celebrating his mother Yoko&#8217;s birthday.
We look back on the 67 years that former Prime Minister Abe spent in his life with these treasured photos.
<figure id="attachment_253027" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 2500px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-253027"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="14529247"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2022/07/4b5c07ffac0d02b5a174d39933eba8c3.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-253027" class="wp-caption-text">He loved sports and joined the basketball club in the fifth grade of elementary school and the kendo club in the sixth grade. He continued kendo even after entering junior high school.</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_253028" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 1914px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-253028"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="3d8cfc98"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2022/07/0a07851bdf298773a2f9a66612169a9d.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-253028" class="wp-caption-text">During his school years, he was a quiet child with no particular leadership qualities. When the camera was pointed at him, he sometimes showed his innocent side, such as when he responded with a &#8220;funny face.&#8221;</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_253029" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 2500px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-253029"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="c810d53a"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2022/07/8b8e7e7ac7cfd2ce574efbfe5cdb51ae.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-253029" class="wp-caption-text">Former Prime Minister Abe enjoying himself with friends from his college days. He was a member of the archery club during his four years of college. He spent every day practicing. Academically, he was a member of the public administration seminar. He is said to have had an extremely serious personality and was not a very popular person.</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_253032" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 1831px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-253032"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="e31d64d1"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2022/07/a61179f0997d89334c8092655bc12a1b.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-253032" class="wp-caption-text">A scene from his wedding party with Mrs. Akie at the New Takanawa Prince Hotel in 1987. Takeo Fukuda and his wife served as pallbearers, and Yoko Oginome and others attended as guests.</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_253031" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 2060px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-253031"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="3acf9845"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2022/07/8e472343358bb8246329d2a01911b2a8.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-253031" class="wp-caption-text">A family photo of Akie with her father Shintaro (front left) and mother Yoko (front right). Shintaro&#8217;s desire to become a politician was sparked as he watched Shintaro fulfill his duties despite being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_253033" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 2000px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-253033"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="ad5157dc"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2022/07/O3S_4586-4c.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-253033" class="wp-caption-text">In February 2013, he was found jogging in the morning for his health. He ran for about 40 minutes around Yoyogi Park. There were five SPs running alongside him in the vicinity to protect him.</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_253035" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 1417px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-253035"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="bb06d539"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2022/07/DSC_7465.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-253035" class="wp-caption-text">In February &#8217;17, he was practicing at the Yomiuri Golf Club for a golf meeting with President Trump. Eiichi Hasegawa, who was serving as the Cabinet Spokesman at the time, and Yoshihiko Oishi, who was also serving as his secretary, joined him. When asked by a reporter, he replied with a smile, &#8220;It feels good.</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_253037" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 1417px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-253037"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="17213e53"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2022/07/19c13509a001af60fe3c8dfd63504527.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-253037" class="wp-caption-text">Former Prime Minister Abe talks with Tsuneo Watanabe, a.k.a. &#8220;Nabetsune,&#8221; at a birthday party for former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone (101 years old) held at The Capitol Hotel Tokyu in May 2017. Both were known as close friends who advocated constitutional reform and dined together at least once a month.</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_253038" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 1000px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-253038"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="1767a5b5"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2022/07/47431c11c5a326de2be21fa58d2aebd5.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-253038" class="wp-caption-text">This photo was taken in June 2018, when he visited his mother Yoko for her birthday party. The party was a celebration of Yoko&#8217;s &#8220;graduation&#8221; and was attended by 80 people, including friends and family members of the Abe family. Former Prime Minister Abe and his wife Akie enjoyed a fine course meal before heading home.</figcaption></figure>

 Ippei Hara, Takashi Hotta, Hiroyuki Komatsu, Hisayuki Semba, from "Shintaro Abe: A Shining Life in Politics

 Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was killed by a bullet. At around 11:30 a.m. on July 8, he was shot from behind by Tetsuya Yamagami, an unemployed suspect living in the prefecture, at a rotary near Yamato Saidaiji Station of the Kintetsu Railway Company in Nara Prefecture, where he was giving a speech in support of the House of Councillors election. Hard medical treatment continues.

Photos of Former Prime Minister Abe’s 67 Years of Life, From an Ordinary Guy to Prime Minister

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