TOKYO, July 9 (Reuters) – Campaigning for the Senate elections will resume in Japan on Saturday, the day after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot and killed while delivering a speech in the city of Nara on Friday. , in the west of the country.
Japanese politicians have pledged to resume campaigning as voting is due to take place on Sunday.
The ruling coalition is expected to win the election.
Shinzo Abe was giving a speech as part of the Senate campaign on Sunday when a man shot him. (Report by the Tokyo editorial staff; French version Camille Raynaud)