Japan's former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has died

Former Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during a press conference in Buenos Aires on November 21, 2016.

What you need to know:

  • Citing a senior member of Abe's Liberal Democratic Party, national broadcaster NHK said "former prime minister Abe died at a hospital in Kashihara city, Nara, where he was receiving medical treatment. He was 67."