Japan’s national police chief, Itaru Nakamura, announced today that he has resigned after acknowledging shortcomings in the protection of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated on July 8 during an election rally. “We have decided to reorganize our team and start from a new base in terms of security missions, and that is […]
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Japan: On September 27, an official funeral ceremony will be held in memory of Shinzo Abe
The Japanese government announced today that an official memorial service for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will be held on September 27, amid protests on social media and in the streets that the state should not pay for his memorial services. Japan’s longest-serving, but also divisive, prime minister Abe served as prime minister for more […]
Japan: The mother of Abe’s assassin is a member of the Unification Church
LAST UPDATE: 11.09 The mother of the assassin of former Japanese president Shinzo Abe was a member of the Unification Church, the head of that church in Japan said today. Tetsuya Yamagami, a 41-year-old unemployed man, was identified by police as the man who killed Abe during his campaign speech in Nara on Friday. Yamagami […]
Japan: The Liberal Democratic Party secures an absolute majority of seats in the upper house
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) secured an absolute majority in Japan’s upper house in elections held on Sunday, under the heavy shadow of the assassination of former prime minister and leader of Japan’s right-wing faction Shinzo Abe. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s FDP secures at least 63 seats, more than half of the 125 that […]
Anthony Blinken in Japan to pay tribute to Shinzo Abe
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken arrived in Tokyo today, making an unscheduled short visit to offer personal condolences to Japan over the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The US top diplomat landed at the Yokota military base near Tokyo on his way to the US after his tour of Southeast Asia. He […]
Blinken in Japan on Monday to express his condolences in person after the assassination of Shinzo Abe
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken will visit Japan on Monday to offer personal condolences following the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday, the State Department announced today. After his visit to Thailand, the US secretary of state will travel to Tokyo and “express his condolences to the Japanese people” during meetings […]
Japan: Abe’s killer planned the attack for months
LAST UPDATE: 18:03 The man who assassinated Shinzo Abe believed the former Japanese prime minister was linked to a religious group, which he blames for his mother’s financial ruin, and had spent months planning the attack with an improvised weapon, police told local media today. . Unemployed Tetsuya Yamagami, 41, was identified as the suspect […]
Japan: There were problems with Abe’s security, Nara police admit
A motorcade carrying the body of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated yesterday, arrived today at his home in the Japanese capital, Tokyo, from the western part of the country where he was when he was attacked. Abe’s widow, Akie, accompanied his body. Authorities are reviewing security measures at the venue in the […]
Japan: In a heavy atmosphere the election campaign after the assassination of Shinzo Abe
Election campaigning in Japan is expected to continue today, the last day of rallies ahead of polls to elect new members of the upper house, despite the country still reeling from the shock of the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe by a gunman. Abe, Japan’s longest-serving modern leader, was assassinated on Friday morning […]
USA: Flags at half-mast in tribute to Shinzo Abe
US President Joe Biden has ordered flags to be flown at half-staff until July 10 in tribute to Shinzo Abe, the former Japanese prime minister who was assassinated today by a gunman while delivering a campaign speech. Abe was a “proud servant of the Japanese people and a loyal friend of the United States,” the […]