By Julian Ryall
Three years after the assassination of Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, his legacy continues to cast a long shadow over a struggling ruling party and an embattled successor, fuelling a wave of public nostalgia ahead of Sunday’s crucial upper house election.
Abe, remembered as a polarising yet dominant figure who shaped Japan’s modern conservative identity, was gunned down on July 8, 2022, while campaigning in the city of Nara.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba quietly observed…