Key moments in life of Shinzo Abe, former Japanese leader

FILE - South Korean students tear a huge Japanese rising sun flag during a rally denouncing Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's statement to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, near the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, South Korea on Aug. 15, 2015. Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, Shinzo Abe was credited with instilling political and economic stability. However, he angered Japan’s neighbors South Korea and China along with many Japanese with his nationalistic rhetoric and calls to revise the country’s pacifist constitution. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)