Japanese former prime minister Shinzo Abe was shot today while campaigning in the city of Nara, a government spokesperson said, with public broadcaster NHK saying he appeared to have been shot from behind by a man with a shotgun. Chief cabinet secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said he did not know Abe’s condition. Kyodo news agency and NHK said Abe, 67, appeared to be in a state of cardiac arrest when taken to the hospital. Shots were heard and a white puff of smoke was seen as Abe made a stump speech for a Sunday upper house election outside a train station in the western city, NHK said. An NHK repo…