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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. - 123RF Photo

It is unfortunate that the word Indo-Pacific has been seen by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in terms of a 5-4-3-2-1 Formation not unlike that of Nato. - Photo: AFP

People offer flowers to late former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe at Zojoji Temple in Tokyo on July 11, 2022. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP)

People watch the hearse transporting the body of late former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe as it leaves Zojoji Temple in Tokyo on July 12, 2022. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP)

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's LDP and its coalition partner Komeito won over 75 seats, retaining a majority in the 248-member upper chamber of parliament - AFP pic

Japan votes at Parliament’s Upper House election. - AFP pic

People pay their respects in front of a makeshift memorial outside Yamato-Saidaiji Station, where former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe was shot earlier in the day, in Nara on July 8, 2022. - (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP)

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida reacts as he holds a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 8, 2022, after news of the attack on former prime minister Shinzo Abe. - (Photo by AFP)

This image taken from video provided by witness Toshiharu Otani and released via Jiji Press shows former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe (C) attending an election campaign before giving a speech at Kintetsu Yamato-Saidaiji station square in Nara, while a man (2nd R-behind) suspected of shooting Abe shortly after stands in the background on July 8, 2022. (Photo by Toshiharu Otani / JIJI PRESS / AFP)