Polls opened across Japan on Sunday morning for an election in the upper house.
The vote Sunday is expected to expand Abe’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party along with its coalition partners.
The party is expected to receive a surge of support after Abe’s assassination.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and other politicians said Abe’s killing would not halt Japan’s democratic process.
“We must never allow violence to suppress speech during elections, which are the foundation of democracy,”…