National Police Agency Chief Itaru Nakamura speaks during a press conference at the National Police Agency in Tokyo Thursday. Aug. 25, 2022. Nakamura said he will resign to take responsibility over the fatal shooting of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at a campaign speech last month. (Kyodo News via AP)

FILE PHOTO: A picture of late former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was gunned down while campaigning for a parliamentary election, is seen at Headquarters of the Japanese Liberal Democratic Party in Tokyo, Japan July 12, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo

FILE – Japan’s outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks to the media as he arrives at the prime minister’s office for a cabinet meeting in Tokyo on Sept. 16, 2020. Japan’s national police chief on Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022 said he wants to step down to take responsibility over the fatal shooting of the former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe at a campaign speech last month. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)