Shinzo Abe Assassination

Explained: Shinzo Abe’s assassination and 6 other violent crimes that stunned Japan

Japan, an otherwise safe country, has witnessed a range of violent attacks in the past two decades, from the 2021 Halloween massacre where a killer went on a stabbing spree to the 1995 cult gas attack

Before Shinzo Abe, the last assassination of a Japanese prime minister took place 90 years ago

Political violence in Japan is rare. There have been three instances when the country’s leader has been killed while in office — Takashi Hara in 1921, Osachi Hamaguchi in 1930 and Tsuyoshi Inukai in 1932