Japanese media said Shinzo Abe changed the last minute schedule to Nara City on July 8 instead of Nagano.

The trip of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to Nara City in the province of the same name on July 8 was due to changing the schedule at the last minute, after he often believed a candidate of the same party in the party needed him to contribute his voice.

Nikkei Asia's Gaku Shimada said he received a call from former Prime Minister Abe on July 7, announcing that he would come to Nara instead of Nagano.

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was transferred to the stretcher to the hospital after being shot in Nara city on July 8.

ABN Television also quoted a source from the headquarters of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) confirming that the original schedule on July 8 of Mr. Shinzo Abe was visiting and working in Nagano province.

Shinzo Abe was the head of the Seiwa Political Theory Council (Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyukai), the largest group of the seven internal political sects LDP.

Abe's father, former Japanese Foreign Minister Shintaro Abe, also held the Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyukai's position in 1986 - 1991.

Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot while acting in front of Nara Provincial Station Yesterday.

Experts assessing that Abe security mesh protection is too loose, despite close contact between politicians and people is the characteristic of the election season.

The killer was identified as a former soldier, using a two -barrel homemade gun.

Shocked, indignant, insecure and sympathy are the confused emotions of the Japanese people with the assassination that killed the former Prime Minister Abe.

As the Prime Minister in Japan, Shinzo Abe tried to revive the country with fierce economic policy and advocated to strengthen military strength.