Directed by Yoriko Mizushiri, the film took the Silver Bear Jury Prize Short Film for her anime work in soft and pastel-colored tones that portrays the everyday interactions in the world of a ...
He assassinated Japan’s most successful politician ever. But now, he seems to have won over public opinion. What happened?
“Abe Shinzo: Kaikoroku,” is published. It was originally scheduled to be published a year ago, but the book reveals Abe requested the publication be postponed as it was too sensitive.
Here’s a look at the life of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Personal Birth date: September 21, 1954 Death date: July 8, 2022 Birth place: Nagato, Japan (some sources say Tokyo) Father: ...
Shoji Nishida, a House of Councillors lawmaker who belonged to a faction led by the late Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on March 12, 2025. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo ...
Tetsuya Yamagami indicated he planned to kill former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in an anonymous letter sent to a freelance writer who has also criticized the Unification Church, investigative ...
The last Japanese prime minister to visit Ioto was Shinzo Abe, who, in April 2013, observed efforts to recover the remains of war dead on the islet, about 1,250 kilometers south of Tokyo.
Sources said the Abe faction accounting official, Junichiro Matsumoto, named Shimomura during voluntary questioning with prosecutors in 2023 and 2024 about the faction’s fund-raising parties.
This involved fending off resistance within his own party and paying his respects to former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Kishida had to quickly shift from addressing one crisis at home--how to ...
This would follow the August 2015 statement by then Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the 70th anniversary of WWII's end. By Feb. 27, Ishiba had begun discussions with senior officials at the prime ...