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Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was killed at a July 8 campaign rally.
The conservative minority in Japan may have found changes introduced by Abe too radical for their comfort and may have spurred negativity, which may have led to his assassination.
The killer believed Abe was linked to a religious group he blamed for his mother's financial ruin and spent months planning the attack with a homemade gun.
Police said they will review the security arrangement that had been in place while Abe was delivering his speech on Friday morning.
'Abe's life may have been cut short tragically, but his legacy will endure forever,'
Kishida, who belongs to the same political party as Abe, returned to Tokyo from a campaign trip after the shooting.
The conservative lawmaker, who quit abruptly as premier in 2007 after one year in the post, swept back for a rare second stint in 2012.
Public broadcaster NHK reported that the accused said he wanted to kill Abe because he had complaints about him unrelated to politics.
Kentaro Kobayashi, who is listed as a show director for the Games' opening event, was fired after a joke he made about the Holocaust as part of his comedy act in 1998 resurfaced in domestic media.
With the coronavirus epidemic's worldwide infection rate climbing and experts suggesting a vaccine is a long way off, doubts have been raised about the chances of holding the huge event next year.
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