Ex-PM Shinzo Abe's shooting barbaric, unforgivable - Japanese Gov't Japanese Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida, has described the murder of his predecessor, Shinzo Abe, as a barbaric act which is “absolutely unforgivable”. The former Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, passed away Friday in hospital after he was shot in Nara while delivering a speech ahead of a parliamentary election. He was aged 67 before his death. READ ALSO: Japanese PM Abe announces resignation over worsening health The assassination of the country’s best-known politician comes despite Japan’s strict gun laws and with campaigning underway ahead...