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Transcript/Script EnglishJapan Abe Obit TV
HEADLINE: Shinzo Abe, Japan’s Longest-Serving PM, Assassinated
TEASER: A 41-year-old man has been taken into custody; motive unknown
PUBLISHED: 7/8/2022 at 11:05AM
BYLINE: William Gallo
CONTRIBUTOR:
DATELINE: Seoul, South Korea
VIDEOGRAPHER:
PRODUCER:
SCRIPT EDITORS: MAS, Tom Turco
VIDEO SOURCES: Reuters
PLATFORMS: WEB __ TV _X_ RADIO __
TRT: 1:25
VID APPROVED BY: MAS
TYPE: TVPKG
UPDATE:))
((INTRO)) [[Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, one of the country’s most prominent political figures, was assassinated Friday. Abe was shot in the chest during a campaign speech for a candidate ahead of Sunday’s upper house election. The assassination shocked Japan and leaves a major void in the country’s politics, as VOA’s Bill Gallo reports from Seoul.]]
((NARRATOR))
Ex-prime minister Shinzo Abe was giving a speech outside a train station in the western city of Nara, when a man approached from behind and fired a gun. Abe fell to the ground, bleeding.
His alleged assassin was captured immediately. Authorities recovered what appeared to be a homemade gun.
Authorities airlifted Abe to a nearby hospital, but by then officials say he showed no vital signs.
At a press conference, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida appeared distraught.
((Fumio Kishida, Japanese Prime Minister))
"It is a barbarian act amid election campaigns, which are the foundation of democracy and is absolutely unforgivable.”
((NARRATOR))
Abe had a profound impact on Japan. In 2006, he became the country’s youngest post-war prime minister, but quit after a year because of a stomach illness.
((NATS))
Five years later, he was back, beginning a transformative eight-year term.
Abe boosted Japan’s defense, saying the country should play a bigger role in world affairs.
He supported a tougher approach to China.
And he successfully navigated a tricky relationship with former U.S. President Donald Trump.
He stepped down in 2020, but he remained a major political force. At the time of his assassination, Abe was campaigning for a Sunday election that officials say will continue.
((Bill Gallo. VOA News. Seoul.))
Transcript/ScriptJapan Abe Obit TV
HEADLINE: Shinzo Abe, Japan’s Longest-Serving PM, Assassinated
TEASER: A 41-year-old man has been taken into custody; motive unknown
PUBLISHED: 7/8/2022 at 11:05AM
BYLINE: William Gallo
CONTRIBUTOR:
DATELINE: Seoul, South Korea
VIDEOGRAPHER:
PRODUCER:
SCRIPT EDITORS: MAS, Tom Turco
VIDEO SOURCES: Reuters
PLATFORMS: WEB __ TV _X_ RADIO __
TRT: 1:25
VID APPROVED BY: MAS
TYPE: TVPKG
UPDATE:))
((INTRO)) [[Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, one of the country’s most prominent political figures, was assassinated Friday. Abe was shot in the chest during a campaign speech for a candidate ahead of Sunday’s upper house election. The assassination shocked Japan and leaves a major void in the country’s politics, as VOA’s Bill Gallo reports from Seoul.]]
((NARRATOR))
Ex-prime minister Shinzo Abe was giving a speech outside a train station in the western city of Nara, when a man approached from behind and fired a gun. Abe fell to the ground, bleeding.
His alleged assassin was captured immediately. Authorities recovered what appeared to be a homemade gun.
Authorities airlifted Abe to a nearby hospital, but by then officials say he showed no vital signs.
At a press conference, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida appeared distraught.
((Fumio Kishida, Japanese Prime Minister))
"It is a barbarian act amid election campaigns, which are the foundation of democracy and is absolutely unforgivable.”
((NARRATOR))
Abe had a profound impact on Japan. In 2006, he became the country’s youngest post-war prime minister, but quit after a year because of a stomach illness.
((NATS))
Five years later, he was back, beginning a transformative eight-year term.
Abe boosted Japan’s defense, saying the country should play a bigger role in world affairs.
He supported a tougher approach to China.
And he successfully navigated a tricky relationship with former U.S. President Donald Trump.
He stepped down in 2020, but he remained a major political force. At the time of his assassination, Abe was campaigning for a Sunday election that officials say will continue.
((Bill Gallo. VOA News. Seoul.))
NewsML Media TopicsPolitics, Crime, Law and Justice
Topic TagsObit
Abe
NetworkVOA
Embargo DateJuly 8, 2022 19:21 EDT
Description EnglishFormer Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, one of the country’s most prominent political figures, was assassinated Friday. Abe was shot in the chest during a campaign speech for a candidate ahead of Sunday’s upper house election. The assassination shocked Japan and leaves a major void in the country’s politics, as VOA’s Bill Gallo reports from Seoul.
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