SMACIN GRACEFULL TEAM Japan police chief to resign over Abe shooting death 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. ADVERTISEMENT Japan's national police chief on Thursday said he will resign to take responsibility over the fatal shooting of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at a campaign speech last month. ADVERTISEMENT * National Police Agency Chief Itaru Nakamura's announcement came as his agency released a report on how it failed to save Abe's life on July 8 when he was assassinated in Nara in we