{"id":1545000,"date":"2022-07-08T16:50:18","date_gmt":"2022-07-08T20:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1545000"},"modified":"2022-07-08T16:50:34","modified_gmt":"2022-07-08T20:50:34","slug":"biden-stunned-by-assassination-of-frm-japanese-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-stunned-by-assassination-of-frm-japanese-pm\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden stunned by assassination of Frm Japanese PM"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-stunned-by-assassination-of-frm-japanese-pm%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1545000&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2724190\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2724190\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2724190\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/AP22189674298398-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"President Joe Biden holds a bouquet as he arrives to sign a condolence book at the Japanese ambassador&#039;s residence in Washington, Friday, July 8, 2022, for former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe who was assassinated on Friday while campaigning. (AP Photo\/Susan Walsh)\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2724190\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Joe Biden holds a bouquet as he arrives to sign a condolence book at the Japanese ambassador\u2019s residence in Washington, Friday, July 8, 2022, for former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe who was assassinated on Friday while campaigning. (AP Photo\/Susan Walsh)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN NEWSROOM<br \/>UPDATED 1:34 PM PT \u2013 Friday, July 8, 2022<\/h5>\n<p>President Joe Biden said he\u2019s stunned by the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. On Friday, Biden stressed that he\u2019s outraged and deeply saddened by the news. He declared that the US stands with Japan in this moment of grief.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cThe longest serving Prime Minister in Japan\u2019s history,\u201d Biden stated. \u201cAbe Shinzo was a proud servant of the Japanese people and a faithful friend to the United States. He worked with American Presidents of both parties to deepen the alliance between our nations and advance a common vision for a free and open Indo-Pacific.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I am stunned, outraged, and deeply saddened by the news that my friend Abe Shinzo, former Prime Minister of Japan, was shot and killed. He was a champion of the friendship between our people.<\/p>\n<p>The United States stands with Japan in this moment of grief.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 President Biden (@POTUS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS\/status\/1545400667451301888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 8, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The prime minister was killed after being shot twice in the neck by a homemade weapon during a campaign speech in western Japan. A 41-year-old suspect has been arrested and confessed to the killing. He said he had a grudge against a specific organization and believed Abe was involved.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cEven in the moment he was attacked and killed, he was engaged in the work of democracy, to which he dedicated his life,\u201d Biden proclaimed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Biden ordered flags to be flown at half staff for two days out of respect. He said the flag is to be lowered at all public buildings, military grounds and US facilities abroad until sunset on Sunday, July 10.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/biden-signs-executive-order-protecting-abortion\/\">Biden Signs Executive Order Protecting Abortion<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden holds a bouquet as he arrives to sign a condolence book at the Japanese ambassador\u2019s residence in Washington, Friday, July 8, 2022, for former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe who was assassinated on Friday while campaigning. (AP Photo\/Susan Walsh) OAN NEWSROOMUPDATED 1:34 PM PT \u2013 Friday, July 8, 2022 President Joe Biden &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":764,"featured_media":1888986,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1545000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_finder_url":"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/?p=2724189&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1545000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/764"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1545000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1545000\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1888986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1545000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1545000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1545000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}