Shinzo Abe, a former Japanese prime minister, has officially passed away.
National network NHK reported that the former prime minister passed away while receiving medical care in a hospital in Kashihara City, Nara.
In the early hours of Friday, Abe was shot as he was giving a speech in advance of Sunday's parliamentary vote.
Two bullets struck Abe as a guy started shooting at him from behind.
In front of Yamato-Saidaiji Station on the Kintetsu Railway, the politician was speaking.
Abe, a former leader of the party in power, was supporting one of their candidates.
The 67-year-old was taken urgently to Kashihara City's Nara Medical University Hospital.
Abe had no vital signs, according to the local emergency services and police.
Before being transferred to the hospital, he was in cardio-pulmonary arrest, according to the Nara City Fire Department.
The longest-serving PM, Abe, resigned in August 2020 as a result of a flare-up of a severe intestinal condition.
Tetsuya Yamagami, 41, a former member of the Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF), has been detained by the police on attempted murder charges.