The Japanese government has decided to award former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with the country's highest order posthumously. Abe, the longest-serving PM of Japan will be the fourth former prime minister to receive the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum. The leader was recently shot dead during his campaign speech.

• Abe was a powerful ally of the Japanese Imperial Family, firmly supporting their role in Japanese culture and refusing to budge on a variety of proposed reforms on the institution.
• The government of Japan announced July 11 that Abe would be receiving the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum, the highest award in the entire nation.