Will currently serving Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida advance Shinzo Abe’s Indo-Pacific security legacy following his tragic death?
While campaigning for a parliamentary election on Friday (8 July), former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe was shot and killed by an assassin using a homemade firearm.
Abe’s tragic death sent ripples throughout the international community, which continues to honour the legacy of the longest-serving Japanese prime minister.
While in office from December 2012 to September 2020, Abe led a push to strengthen Japan’s relationships with Western democracies, including Australia, particularly off the back of Chinese aggression in the Indo-Pacific.