Japan’s longest serving former Prime Minister Mr Shinzo Abe was shot twice with a homemade gun as he delivered a campaign speech in Nara on the morning of 8 July 2022 & he succumbed to his wounds later in the day after going into cardiac arrest. Mr Abe was 67 years old and is survived by his wife Ms Akie Matsuzaki.Mr Abe attended Seikei University in Tokyo, graduating in 1977 with a bachelor’s degree in political science. He then travelled to the United States and studied public policy at the University of Southern California’s School of Policy, Planning, and Development for three semesters. Returning to Japan, Mr Abe started working at Japan’s leading steel manufacturing company Kobe Steel in 1979 before resigning to pursue a political career.Kobe Steel, operating worldwide under the brand Kobelco, is a major Japanese steel manufacturer headquartered in Chuo-ku in Kobe. Kobe Steel also has a stake in Osaka Titanium Technologies. The company supplies about half of the global market of the wires used in valve springs of auto engines.
Japan’s longest serving former Prime Minister Mr Shinzo Abe was shot twice with a homemade gun as he delivered a campaign speech in Nara on the morning of 8 July 2022 & he succumbed to his wounds later in the day after going into cardiac arrest. Mr Abe was 67 years old and is survived by his wife Ms Akie Matsuzaki.Mr Abe attended Seikei University in Tokyo, graduating in 1977 with a bachelor’s degree in political science. He then travelled to the United States and studied public policy at the University of Southern California’s School of Policy, Planning, and Development for three semesters. Returning to Japan, Mr Abe started working at Japan’s leading steel manufacturing company Kobe Steel in 1979 before resigning to pursue a political career.Kobe Steel, operating worldwide under the brand Kobelco, is a major Japanese steel manufacturer headquartered in Chuo-ku in Kobe. Kobe Steel also has a stake in Osaka Titanium Technologies. The company supplies about half of the global market of the wires used in valve springs of auto engines.
