President Biden, in a call with Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday, expressed “outrage, sadness and deep condolences” over the death of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Mr. Biden reaffirmed the U.S. commitment to “stand with the Prime Minister and the people of Japan in their time of mourning,” according to a White House readout of the call.
Mr. Abe, 67, was fatally shot from behind by a lone gunman as the former prime minister campaigned for his party’s candidates ahead of a parliamentary election. He was the longest-serving prime minister in Japanese history, serving from 2006 to 2007 and again from 2012 to 2020.