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In Japan, there has been an incident where a man in his 70s who opposes the director of Abe left the head of office for six days and attempted to self-immolate.

Opposition to the director also exceeded 50%.



Correspondent Park Sang-jin, Tokyo.



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Today (21st) around 6:45 a.m., a report was received by the police that a man was engulfed in flames near Prime Minister Kishida's residence in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.



Police arrived at the scene and transported a man in his 70s, lying on fire, to the hospital.



The man told police that he had oiled himself and set fire to himself inside his ambulance, Japanese media reported.



In the vicinity of the site, several documents were found stating that I personally oppose the director.



Police believe the man attempted to self-immolate in opposition to former Prime Minister Abe.



The Japanese government expects about 6,000 worshipers, including 700 from overseas, to attend the meeting of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the 27th.



The Minister of the National Police Agency of Japan checked the security posture of the Nippon Budokan, the venue of the bureaucracy today.



[Tsuyuki / Minister of National Police Agency: We will do everything we can to ensure the safety of worshipers and the smooth execution of the director.]



The Japanese police are strengthening their security posture yesterday by holding guard training together with station staff at Tokyo Station yesterday.



However, an unexpected incident occurred around the Prime Minister's residence with less than a week left with the Director General.



Opinion polls show that the opposition to the director is over 50%, greatly exceeding in favor.



The same day in Tokyo, an estimated 13,000 civic groups held a rally against former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.