After a gunman shot former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe during a campaign rally on Friday in western Japan, Archbishop Isao Kikuchi of Tokyo said, “violence kills democracy.” ... ( read original story ...)
Yellen to meet Japanese finance chief Suzuki on Tues. in Tokyo
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will meet with Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki on Tuesday in Tokyo and later visi ... ( read original story ...)
Pamela Ware’s Tokyo Olympics dive that scored 0.0 remembered
Taking place every four years, it’s a long wait between the Summer Games, with the Tokyo Olympics having a five-year wait after Rio 2016 due to COVID. They took place in 2021 instead of the billed ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s ex-leader Shinzo Abe assassinated while giving speech
An emotional Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says he is lost for words after the country's longest-serving leader was shot in the neck at a campaign event. ( read original story ...)
Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving leader, leaves a polarizing legacy
Shinzo Abe was a political blueblood groomed for power, but his vision of a conservative and nationalistic Japan sparked both exultation and outrage. ( read original story ...)
Shinzo Abe was an undeniably dominant if divisive figure in Japan’s modern history
Japan is “grieving the loss of a political giant,” said one expert after the country’s former prime minister was shot dead during a campaign event. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Shinzo Abe shot and killed: World leaders pay tribute to former prime minister
The fatal shooting of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has left world leaders shocked and many took to social media to honor him. ( read original story ...)
Assassination of Japan’s Shinzo Abe stuns world leaders
Friday’s shocking assassination of Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in one of the world’s safest countries stunned leaders and drew condemnation ... ( read original story ...)
Another strong earthquake jolts Ishikawa amid warning that more could come
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.0 struck central Japan on Monday, a day after a magnitude 5.4 quake hit the region, which left at least six people injured in Ishikawa Prefecture on ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks close slightly higher, gains capped by ex-PM Abe shooting
Tokyo stocks closed fractionally higher on Friday after early gains were largely erased by the news of the gun attack on ex-prime minister Shinzo Abe. ( read original story ...)
Nagoya school fails to take child with fractured face to hospital
NAGOYA--An elementary school here failed to call an ambulance for a 10-year-old student who fractured his face after slipping in a classroom, according to the city’s board of education. ( read original story ...)
Shinzo Abe, divisive, powerful former Japan PM, assassinated
Shinzo Abe, a divisive archconservative who was Japan’s longest-serving prime minister and remained a powerful and influential politician after leaving office, has died after being shot during a ... ( read original story ...)
Japan ex-leader Shinzo Abe assassinated while giving speech
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a divisive arch-conservative and one of his nation's most powerful and influential figures, has died after being shot during a campaign speech Friday in ... ( read original story ...)
Shinzo Abe: world leaders pay tribute after former Japan prime minister is shot and killed in city of Nara – latest updates
PM Fumio Kishida decries ‘heinous act’ after predecessor is shot while on campaign trail for Sunday’s upper house election ... ( read original story ...)
Fatal shooting of Japan’s Shinzo Abe stuns world leaders
World leaders have reacted in shock over the shooting of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during a campaign speech and prayed for his recovery ... ( read original story ...)
France’s Macron: Japan Has Lost a Great Prime Minister in Shinzo Abe
Japan has lost a great prime minister, French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday in a tribute to Shinzo Abe after the former Japanese premier's death in a shooting attack during an election campaign ... ( read original story ...)