Wife of former Japan PM Abe, Akie Abe, arrives in Nara after shooting | AFP
Wife of former Japan PM Abe, Akie Abe, arrives in Nara after shooting | AFP

Akie Abe, wife of Japan's former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, arrives in Nara, where her husband is being treated after being shot at a campaign event.

The shooting of the country's best-known politician comes despite Japan's strict gun laws and with campaigning under way ahead of upper house elections on Sunday.