On the recordJuly 7, 2022
This hasn't happened to Japan in decades and decades. I've been told, all the way back to the late 30s.
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Joe Biden expressed his shock over the assassination of Shinzo Abe, highlighting the rarity of such events in Japan's recent history.
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