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Japan votes for key election in shadow of Abe assassination

Fumio Kishida, center, Japan's prime minister and president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), speaks after placing a red paper rose on an LDP candidate's name, to indicate a victory in the upper house election, at the party's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, July 10, 2022. (Toru Hanai, Pool Photo via AP) Fumio Kishida, Japan's prime minister and president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), speaks after placing a red paper rose on an LDP candidate's name, to indicate a victory in the upper house election, at the party's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, July 10, 2022. (Toru Hanai, Pool Photo via AP) Fumio Kishida, Japan's prime minister and president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), speaks after placing a red paper rose on an LDP candidate's name, to indicate a victory in the upper house election, at the party's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, July 10, 2022. (Toru Hanai, Pool Photo via AP) Fumio Kishida, Japan's prime minister and president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), reacts after placing a red paper rose on an LDP candidate's name, to indicate a victory in the upper house election, at the party's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, July 10, 2022. (Toru Hanai, Pool Photo via AP) Fumio Kishida, Japan's prime minister and president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), walks past his poster after placing a red paper rose on an LDP candidate's name, to indicate a victory in the upper house election, at the party's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, July 10, 2022. (Toru Hanai, Pool Photo via AP) Fumio Kishida, Japan's prime minister and president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), reacts after placing a red paper rose on an LDP candidate's name, to indicate a victory in the upper house election, at the party's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, July 10, 2022. (Toru Hanai, Pool Photo via AP) U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel visits the Tokyo residence of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday, July 10, 2022. Abe was gunned down Friday in Nara, western Japan, while making a campaign speech for the governing party. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae) A mourner offers a flower for former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo, at the entrance of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) headquarters building in Tokyo, Japan, Sunday, July 10, 2022. Japan is holding elections in the shadow of the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, gunned down while making a campaign speech. (Toru Hana/Pool via AP) Mourners offer flowers following the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo, at the entrance of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) headquarters building in Tokyo, Japan, Sunday, July 10, 2022. Japan is holding elections in the shadow of the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, gunned down while making a campaign speech. (Toru Hana/Pool via AP) Mourners offer flowers for former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo, at the entrance of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) headquarters building in Tokyo, Japan, Sunday, July 10, 2022. Japan is holding elections in the shadow of the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, gunned down while making a campaign speech. (Toru Hana/Pool via AP) A woman prays in front of the Tokyo residence of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, where his body was returned, in Tokyo on Sunday, July 10, 2022. Abe was gunned down Friday in Nara, western Japan, while making a campaign speech for the governing party. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae) Fumio Kishida, Japan's prime minister and president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), speaks after placing a red paper rose on an LDP candidate's name, to indicate a victory in the upper house election, at the party's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, July 10, 2022. (Toru Hanai, Pool Photo via AP) Fumio Kishida, Japan's prime minister and president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), speaks after placing a red paper rose on an LDP candidate's name, to indicate a victory in the upper house election, at the party's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, July 10, 2022. (Toru Hanai, Pool Photo via AP) Fumio Kishida, second left, Japan's prime minister and president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), speaks after placing a red paper rose on an LDP candidate's name, to indicate a victory in the upper house election, at the party's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, July 10, 2022. (Toru Hanai, Pool Photo via AP) Fumio Kishida, center, Japan's prime minister and president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), speaks after placing a red paper rose on an LDP candidate's name, to indicate a victory in the upper house election, at the party's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, July 10, 2022. (Toru Hanai, Pool Photo via AP) Fumio Kishida, Japan's prime minister and president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), speaks after placing a red paper rose on an LDP candidate's name, to indicate a victory in the upper house election, at the party's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, July 10, 2022. (Toru Hanai, Pool Photo via AP) Fumio Kishida, Japan's prime minister and president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), speaks after placing a red paper rose on an LDP candidate's name, to indicate a victory in the upper house election, at the party's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, July 10, 2022. (Toru Hanai, Pool Photo via AP) Fumio Kishida, Japan's prime minister and president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), reacts after placing a red paper rose on an LDP candidate's name, to indicate a victory in the upper house election, at the party's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, July 10, 2022. (Toru Hanai, Pool Photo via AP) Fumio Kishida, Japan's prime minister and president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), walks past his poster after placing a red paper rose on an LDP candidate's name, to indicate a victory in the upper house election, at the party's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, July 10, 2022. (Toru Hanai, Pool Photo via AP) Fumio Kishida, Japan's prime minister and president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), reacts after placing a red paper rose on an LDP candidate's name, to indicate a victory in the upper house election, at the party's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, July 10, 2022. (Toru Hanai, Pool Photo via AP) U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel visits the Tokyo residence of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday, July 10, 2022. Abe was gunned down Friday in Nara, western Japan, while making a campaign speech for the governing party. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae) A mourner offers a flower for former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo, at the entrance of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) headquarters building in Tokyo, Japan, Sunday, July 10, 2022. Japan is holding elections in the shadow of the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, gunned down while making a campaign speech. (Toru Hana/Pool via AP) Mourners offer flowers following the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo, at the entrance of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) headquarters building in Tokyo, Japan, Sunday, July 10, 2022. Japan is holding elections in the shadow of the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, gunned down while making a campaign speech. (Toru Hana/Pool via AP) Mourners offer flowers for former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo, at the entrance of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) headquarters building in Tokyo, Japan, Sunday, July 10, 2022. Japan is holding elections in the shadow of the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, gunned down while making a campaign speech. (Toru Hana/Pool via AP) A woman prays in front of the Tokyo residence of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, where his body was returned, in Tokyo on Sunday, July 10, 2022. Abe was gunned down Friday in Nara, western Japan, while making a campaign speech for the governing party. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae) Fumio Kishida, Japan's prime minister and president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), speaks after placing a red paper rose on an LDP candidate's name, to indicate a victory in the upper house election, at the party's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, July 10, 2022. (Toru Hanai, Pool Photo via AP) Fumio Kishida, Japan's prime minister and president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), speaks after placing a red paper rose on an LDP candidate's name, to indicate a victory in the upper house election, at the party's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, July 10, 2022. (Toru Hanai, Pool Photo via AP) Fumio Kishida, second left, Japan's prime minister and president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), speaks after placing a red paper rose on an LDP candidate's name, to indicate a victory in the upper house election, at the party's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, July 10, 2022. (Toru Hanai, Pool Photo via AP) Fumio Kishida, center, Japan's prime minister and president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), speaks after placing a red paper rose on an LDP candidate's name, to indicate a victory in the upper house election, at the party's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, July 10, 2022. (Toru Hanai, Pool Photo via AP) Fumio Kishida, Japan's prime minister and president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), speaks after placing a red paper rose on an LDP candidate's name, to indicate a victory in the upper house election, at the party's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, July 10, 2022. (Toru Hanai, Pool Photo via AP) Fumio Kishida, Japan's prime minister and president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), speaks after placing a red paper rose on an LDP candidate's name, to indicate a victory in the upper house election, at the party's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, July 10, 2022. (Toru Hanai, Pool Photo via AP) Fumio Kishida, Japan's prime minister and president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), reacts after placing a red paper rose on an LDP candidate's name, to indicate a victory in the upper house election, at the party's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, July 10, 2022. (Toru Hanai, Pool Photo via AP) Fumio Kishida, Japan's prime minister and president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), walks past his poster after placing a red paper rose on an LDP candidate's name, to indicate a victory in the upper house election, at the party's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, July 10, 2022. (Toru Hanai, Pool Photo via AP) Fumio Kishida, Japan's prime minister and president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), reacts after placing a red paper rose on an LDP candidate's name, to indicate a victory in the upper house election, at the party's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, July 10, 2022. (Toru Hanai, Pool Photo via AP) U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel visits the Tokyo residence of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday, July 10, 2022. Abe was gunned down Friday in Nara, western Japan, while making a campaign speech for the governing party. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae) A mourner offers a flower for former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo, at the entrance of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) headquarters building in Tokyo, Japan, Sunday, July 10, 2022. Japan is holding elections in the shadow of the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, gunned down while making a campaign speech. (Toru Hana/Pool via AP) Mourners offer flowers following the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo, at the entrance of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) headquarters building in Tokyo, Japan, Sunday, July 10, 2022. Japan is holding elections in the shadow of the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, gunned down while making a campaign speech. (Toru Hana/Pool via AP) Mourners offer flowers for former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo, at the entrance of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) headquarters building in Tokyo, Japan, Sunday, July 10, 2022. Japan is holding elections in the shadow of the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, gunned down while making a campaign speech. (Toru Hana/Pool via AP) A woman prays in front of the Tokyo residence of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, where his body was returned, in Tokyo on Sunday, July 10, 2022. Abe was gunned down Friday in Nara, western Japan, while making a campaign speech for the governing party. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae) Fumio Kishida, Japan's prime minister and president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), speaks after placing a red paper rose on an LDP candidate's name, to indicate a victory in the upper house election, at the party's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, July 10, 2022. (Toru Hanai, Pool Photo via AP) Fumio Kishida, Japan's prime minister and president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), speaks after placing a red paper rose on an LDP candidate's name, to indicate a victory in the upper house election, at the party's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, July 10, 2022. (Toru Hanai, Pool Photo via AP) Fumio Kishida, second left, Japan's prime minister and president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), speaks after placing a red paper rose on an LDP candidate's name, to indicate a victory in the upper house election, at the party's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, July 10, 2022. (Toru Hanai, Pool Photo via AP) Voters preparer to cast their ballots in the upper house elections at a polling station Sunday, July 10, 2022, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) A voter casts a ballot in the upper house elections as representatives of a local election administration commission observe at a polling station Sunday, July 10, 2022, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) A voter casts a ballot in the upper house elections at a polling station Sunday, July 10, 2022, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) Representatives of a local election administration commission show the first voter at a polling station the empty ballot box before he casts his vote for the upper house elections Sunday, July 10, 2022, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) A voter casts a ballot in the upper house elections at a polling station Sunday, July 10, 2022, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) Tetsuya Yamagami, the attacker who shot former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was making a campaign speech for the governing party, gets out of a police station in Nara, western Japan, Sunday, July 10, 2022, on his way to local prosecutors' office. (Miki Matsuzaki/Kyodo News via AP) Tetsuya Yamagami, the attacker who shot former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was making a campaign speech for the governing party, gets out of a police station in Nara, western Japan, Sunday, July 10, 2022, on his way to local prosecutors' office. (Nobuki Ito/Kyodo News via AP) Tetsuya Yamagami, the attacker who shot former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, making a campaign speech for the governing party, gets out of a police station in Nara, western Japan, Sunday, July 10, 2022, on his way to a local prosecutors office. (Juntaro Yokoyama/Kyodo News via AP) Tetsuya Yamagami, the attacker who shot former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, making a campaign speech for the governing party, gets out of a police station in Nara, western Japan, Sunday, July 10, 2022, on his way to a local prosecutors office. (Juntaro Yokoyama/Kyodo News via AP) The vehicle carrying Tetsuya Yamagami, the attacker who shot former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, making a campaign speech for the governing party, moves out of a police station in Nara, western Japan, Sunday, July 10, 2022, as the assassin was sent to a local prosecutors office. (Nobuki Ito/Kyodo News via AP) Police officers stand guard Sunday, July 10, 2022, in front of residence of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo. Abe was shot in the western city of Nara on Friday and airlifted to a hospital but died. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) People pay condolence visits Sunday, July 10, 2022, at the Tokyo residence of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was fatally shot in the western city of Nara on Friday. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) Police officers stand guard as journalists gather Sunday, July 10, 2022, in front of the Tokyo residence of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated in the western city of Nara on Friday. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) A flower-shop representative brings condolence flowers Sunday, July 10, 2022, at the Tokyo residence of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was fatally shot in the western city of Nara on Friday. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) Staff members of a local election administration commission, wearing face masks, observe a voter cast a ballot in the upper house elections at a polling station Sunday, July 10, 2022, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) A staff member of a local election administration watches a voter preparing his ballot in the upper house elections at a polling station Sunday, July 10, 2022, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Japan votes for key election in shadow of Abe assassination