Japan marks a year since former PM Abe was gunned down

Mourners offer flowers and prayers for the late Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was shot while campaigning for a parliamentary election in 2022, during the one year commemoration ceremony of his assassination at Zojoji temple in Tokyo, Japan July 8, 2023. REUTERS/Issei Kato

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan on Saturday marked one year since former prime minister Shinzo Abe was gunned down during an election speech by a man angry at his links to the Unification Church.

The death of Japan's longest serving prime minister, which was caught on video, rattled a nation unused to gun violence.