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A former adviser and friend of Shinzo Abe says that the killing of Japan's former prime minister will be remembered in the same way as the 1963 assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy ...
Abe's governing party appeared to be cruising to a major victory. As people voted, police in western Japan sent the alleged assassin to a local prosecutors' office for further investigation.
Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe was shot while giving a speech Friday in the western city of Nara. A man in his 40s, Tetsuya Yamagami, has been arrested for attempted murder, police said.
Shinzo Abe, a polarizing, nationalist scion of an elite political dynasty and Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, defined an era of reform and invited the world to reassess the giant Asian ...
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese political and business leaders on Saturday marked one year since the assassination of former leader Shinzo Abe, with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pledging to tackle ...
But Mr. Abe’s voice would caution against such fatalism and similarly warn against the triumphalism we now frequently hear in Moscow and Beijing, amongst others, about the demise of the West.
Mourners gathered at the site in Nara where former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was fatally shot three years ago on July 8 to lay flowers and offer prayers.
Abe’s assassination raises security questions as Japan mourns former leader’s death By Mari Yamaguchi The Associated Press Posted July 9, 2022 10:36 am Updated July 9, 2022 2:41 pm ...
Abe’s departure also closes a chapter in his family’s long role at or near the apex of political power in Japan. His great uncle, Eisaku Sato, and grandfather, Nobusuke Kishi, both served as ...