Abe, whose father also served at the highest reaches of the LDP, is very proud of Kishi, as The Wall Street Journal reported upon his second election as premier in December 2014:Shinzo Abe recalls sitting on his grandfather’s lap as a young boy 55 years ago. They listened to protesters...
The then-prime minister was unhurt, but two people sustained minor injuries. Kimura was arrested on the spot. The attack came about a year after the assassination offormer Prime Minister Shinzo Abeduring a campaign speech in Nara, another city in western Japan. Prosecutors said Kimu...
In Japan, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called on schools to close until the end of March. The city of Tokyo is preparing to hold the 2020 Summer Olympics in July, but discussions were being held about whether to postpone the games. Japanese officials declared a state of emergency in the northe...
Relaxing the lockdown "in these conditions, without precise knowledge of how the coronavirus epidemic has evolved and will evolve, is rather difficult to imagine," said Dr. Ranieri Guerra, who sits on the Technical and Scientific Committee advising the Italian government on how to handle the pand...
Japan's Abe 'looks like a lame duck' as his government comes under fire for its virus response 10:38 a.m. (Singapore time) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has seen his approval rating decline, with 55% of respondents in a recent Nikkei/TV Tokyo poll saying they do not have a ...
Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission, vowed alongside Canada to propose reciprocal tariffs in response, while Japan’s Shinzo Abe declared that his country could not “accept” the new measures. “The U.S. leaves us no choice but to proceed with a WTO [World Trade Organi...
Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission, vowed alongside Canada to propose reciprocal tariffs in response, while Japan’s Shinzo Abe declared that his country could not “accept” the new measures. “The U.S. leaves us no choice but to proceed with a WTO [...
Ishiba twice ran and lost against Takaichi’s mentor, Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister who was assassinated in 2022. His term is likely to mark a break with the more ideological rule of Abe and his successors. Ishiba favours a military balance with China coupled with renew...
[02:35.32]of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in July. [02:42.00]He was giving a speech at a political campaign event in Japan [02:47.28]when a gunman shot and killed him. [02:50.96]Abe was Japan's longest ...
Japanese President Shinzo Abe declared a month-long state of emergency for Tokyo and six other regions to keep the virus from ravaging the world's oldest population. In encouraging news, Italian authorities on Tuesday said the number of new cases in Italy during a 24-hour period was 3,039,...