By The Straits Times | Created at 2026-07-24 01:41:37 | Updated at 2026-07-24 03:05:00
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TOKYO – Inside a hushed hall in Tokyo on a recent afternoon, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi stood before a giant portrait of her mentor, Shinzo Abe, the slain Japanese leader, and bowed.
It had been four years since Abe, a giant in Japanese politics and the country’s longest-serving prime minister, was shot and killed while giving a speech outside a train station.
