OTTAWA - Federal Industry Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne will represent Canada at former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe’s state funeral this week. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was ...

Abe, the son of an earlier prime minister, became Japan's youngest prime minister in 2006 at age 52. He left after a year in office due to health reasons but returned to power in 2012. Q&A ...

A hearse carrying the body of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, makes a brief visit to the Prime Minister’s Office, as Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, officials and employees ...

Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving Prime Minister, stepped down in 2020 citing health reasons. He was the Prime Minister of Japan twice, from 2006-07 and 2012-20. Japan ...

Prime Minister Kishida quietly waited along with a group of cabinet ministers in front of the office from which Abe had led Japan as its prime minister from 2012 to 2020.

On Tuesday, Japan said farewell to Shinzo Abe, the country’s longest-serving Prime Minister, who was assassinated on last week. Funeral processions for Abe, 67, started at Tokyo’s Zojoji ...

A man has set himself on fire near the Japanese prime minister’s office in apparent protest against the state funeral for former leader Shinzo Abe. The man, believed to be in his 70s, sustained ...

Mayumi Ishida, one of the protesters, speaks to media at a park during a protest against holding the state funeral for the former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, in Tokyo, Japan Friday, Sept. 23, 2022.

Shinzo Abe State Funeral: Shinzo Abe is credited for giving stability and security to Japan. Before Shinzo Abe returned to power in 2012, Japan had suffered its biggest trauma since World War Two.

Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne will be Canada's representative at the state funeral of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau cancelled his ...

Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Francois-Philippe Champagne speaks to reporters at the Liberal summer caucus retreat in St. Andrews, N.B. on Tuesday, September 13, 2022. Champagne will ...