"Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, an ultra-nationalist who served in the post longer than anyone else before stepping down in 2020, was shot and killed on Friday at a campaign rally."

[https://edition.cnn.com/2022/07/08/asia/japan-shinzo-abe-dies-shooting-intl-hnk/index.html](https://edition.cnn.com/2022/07/08/asia/japan-shinzo-abe-dies-shooting-intl-hnk/index.html) "Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe died on Friday after being shot while giving a campaign speech on a street in central Japan."

>"Tour boat with 26 passengers on board goes missing on Saturday"

>"107-year-old Japanese sisters set Guinness World Record for being world’s oldest living identical twins - Two Japanese sisters have set the record for being the world’s oldest certified living identical twins."

>"Authorities in the Japanese capital are considering plans to convert some of the city's Olympics and Paralympics venues into temporary _...Read More_

So sad, I still have a wardrobe full of his amazing clothes from way back - some inherited. I shall love them even more now!

Japanese rocket carrying first Arab mission to Mars will blast into space on Monday