Japanese people vote for the Senate election, two days after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated when campaigning.

The voting points of the Senate Japan open this morning, in the context of the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to cover the event that is expected to help Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and the Free Democratic Party (LDP

Forecasting the results will be published after the voting points closed at 20h.

The Japanese people in the campaign area of Prime Minister Kishida on July 9.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and many politicians have affirmed that the shock from the assassination will not be able to rule the election.

Prime Minister Kishida also went to Mr. Abe's house in Tokyo to condolences, after the former Japanese Prime Minister was taken to the capital.

Kishida was once described as one of the successors favored by former Prime Minister Abe and was firmly holding the majority in the National Assembly thanks to the alliance with the Komeito Conservative Party.

Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was the head of the Seiwa Political Theory Council (Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyukai), the largest group of the 7 internal political factions LDP.

Mr. Abe was shot while speaking in front of Nara Provincial Station on July 8.

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.

The assassination of Shinzo Abe, who has a great influence in Japan, leaves a large gap that is hard to compensate for politics and democracy.

Shinzo Abe took office as the Prime Minister at the age of 52, re -elected in 2012 and the Japanese government leader continuously 8 years before resigning.