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Yomiuri poll: 73% see Abe shooting as ‘threat to democracy’
A nationwide poll by The Yomiuri Shimbun found that more than 70% of respondents were concerned that...
July 13, 2022
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Kishida aims for stability in new Cabinet
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida intends to preserve the core of his current Cabinet in the reshuffle he...
July 12, 2022
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Abe to be given nation’s highest honor
Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will receive the nation’s highest honor, the Collar of the Supreme ...
July 12, 2022
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Election won, Kishida sets sights on economic policies
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will take the ruling coalition’s victory in the House of Councillors el...
July 12, 2022
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Kishida vows to overcome ‘greatest postwar difficulties’
Calling the current situation of rising prices and national security issues one of the “greatest pos...
July 11, 2022
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Time magazine cover features Abe
NEW YORK — Time magazine will feature former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was shot dead while appe...
July 10, 2022
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Top U.S. diplomat to pay Abe condolence visit to Japan
BANGKOK (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will pay a brief condolence visit to Japan nex...
July 10, 2022
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Death of LDP power broker set to rock ruling party
Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving leader, continued to exert a strong presen...
July 10, 2022
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Memorable moments in Shinzo Abe’s public life
Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, 67, who was shot while giving a stump speech in Nara City for the ...
July 9, 2022
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Violent suppression of expression will not be tolerated
Using violence to suppress expression is absolutely unacceptable under any circumstances. What grud...
July 9, 2022
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Ruling, opposition party heavyweights mourn Abe
Ruling and opposition party heavyweights mourned Friday the death of former Prime Minister Shinzo Ab...
July 9, 2022
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Kishida: Abe was a great politician
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida praised his predecessor Shinzo Abe for his outstanding leadership, afte...
July 8, 2022
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Kishida: Abe attack a challenge to democracy
Following a gun attack against former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Nara on Friday, Prime Minister Fu...
July 8, 2022
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Japan monitors U.K. political situation after Johnson’s resignation announcement
The Japanese government is closely monitoring the situation in the British government following the ...
July 8, 2022
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Decision on tourism campaign delayed amid rise in coronavirus cases
The government will decide the start date of a nationwide campaign to boost tourism after the House ...
July 7, 2022
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