Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving former prime minister, has died after being shot during a campaign

suspect in the shooting of Shinzo Abe

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Launched in 2012, the stimulus programme, known as Abenomics, aimed to lift the Japanese economy out of decades of deflation.

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Abe had remained an influential member of parliament as head of the ruling Liberal Democratic party’s largest faction

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Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving former prime minister, has died after being shot during a campaign

suspect in the shooting of Shinzo Abe

Launched in 2012, the stimulus programme, known as Abenomics, aimed to lift the Japanese economy out of decades of deflation.

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Abe had remained an influential member of parliament as head of the ruling Liberal Democratic party’s largest faction