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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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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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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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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Japan tightly regulates the manufacture and possession of firearms, but the July 8 murder of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has shed light on how some members of the public have circumvented these strict rules. And he put the spotlight on online instructional videos. Tetsuya Yamagami, 41, suspected of shooting Abe, told investigators he learned …
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Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi attends a Cabinet meeting in Tokyo, August 5, 2022. (Mainichi/Kan Takeuchi) TOKYO (Kyodo) — Prime Minister Fumio Kishida could replace Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi, who has received help from members of a religious group in the spotlight since the murder of former Japanese …
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Nara Mayor Gen Nakagawa is looking for the best possible way to commemorate former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was shot and killed in the western Japanese city last month. On Monday morning, flowers were placed on the traffic island near a train station where Abe was shot at close range during a July 8 …
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Shinzo Abe, the former Prime Minister of Japan, was assassinated Friday in the city of Nara. A member of the Liberal Democratic Party, Abe has twice held Japan’s highest elective office: the first time, for a year, from 2006, and the second time between 2012 and 2020. Abe comes from a political family prominent – …
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~~ ~ Taiwan is rapidly gaining prominence in Japan’s political ecosystem, as Taipei looms larger in Tokyo’s foreign security policy and strategy for East Asia. This was brought to light when former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe remarked that “any emergency regarding Taiwan would also mean an emergency for Tokyo”. The declaration of December 14, 2021 …
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