Combined photo shows, top left to right, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, former Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada, former Health Minister Katsunobu Kato, bottom left, Party public relations chief liberal democrat Taro Kono, LDP political leader Sanae Takaichi and Yasutoshi Nishimura, who was in charge of the government’s response to …
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TOKYO (AP) — A senior police official admitted Saturday to possible security breaches that allowed an assassin to fire his gun at former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as he addressed a rally campaign, raising questions about how the striker could get so close to him. Abe was shot dead in the western city of …
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It would be easy to describe the tensions generated by US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan as something largely involving the US and China; sometimes even Taiwanese are not seen as part of the equation or as having an agency. However, the fact is that there are many more countries that …
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Speaker of the House Martin Romualdez pledged on Tuesday (August 9) to strengthen the economic environment in the Philippines to make the country a viable and attractive investment destination for Japan. Speaker of the House Martin Romualdez (right) and Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Koshikawa Kazuhiko (left) (Photo from Romualdez’s office) The Leyte First District …
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According to eight security experts who reviewed footage of the former Japanese prime minister’s assassination. The failure to shield Abe from the second shot follows what appears to be a series of security breaches in the run-up to the assassination of Japan’s longest-serving leader on July 8, Japanese and international experts have said. Abe’s killing …
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By Kiyoshi Takenaka and Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will reshuffle his cabinet on Wednesday paying attention to politicians’ ties to the Unification Church, seeking to steer his administration away from the controversial group and reverse a fall in opinion polls. The reshuffle comes as Kishida’s administration faces falling support …
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TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will reshuffle his cabinet on Wednesday (August 10) paying attention to politicians’ ties to the Unification Church, seeking to steer his administration away from the controversial group and reverse a fall in opinion polls. The reshuffle comes as Kishida’s administration faces falling support rates. Public scrutiny of the group’s …
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(Bloomberg) – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is set to reshuffle his cabinet amid doubts over the future of the party’s largest faction after the murder of leader Shinzo Abe, which also exposed embarrassing ties between his members and the Unification Church. Bloomberg’s Most Read The new roster will be announced on Wednesday, Kishida said. …
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Sunflowers are in full bloom in a field near Kyiv on August 6, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo Here is the latest list of news digests selected by Kyodo News. ———- Nagasaki urges nuclear abolition as the city celebrates the 77th anniversary of the atomic bomb. NAGASAKI — Nagasaki on Tuesday marked the 77th anniversary of the …
Advertising This year marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Mongolia and Japan. But in the middle of the historic year, the political assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo came as a significant shock to Mongolia, considering the Abe administration’s immense contribution to strengthening Japan-Mongolia relations. . From its …
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