カテゴリー: Shinzō Abe
Public opposition to ceremony grows over cost to taxpayer and ex-PM’s ties to Unification churchJapan will spend about 1.65bn yen (£10.1m) on the increasingly controversial state funeral for the former prime minister Shinzo Abe, who was shot dead durin…
The church had built close ties with Fumio Kishida’s ruling party and a host of conservative lawmakersJapan’s prime minister, Fumio Kishida, has announced that his ruling party will cut ties with the Unification church after a widening scandal caused b…
Itaru Nakamura says fresh start needed after assassination ‘to ensure this never happens again’ Japan’s most senior police officer has said he will resign to take responsibility for security lapses leading up to the fatal shooting last month of the for…
Church has been in the spotlight since the shooting of Abe Shinzo, but Fumio Kishida insists no relationship exists between the LDP and the groupJapan’s prime minister, Fumio Kishida, has urged senior members of his party to sever their ties with a con…
Reshuffle comes after murder of Shinzo Abe put spotlight on ruling party’s ties with religious movementJapan’s prime minister, Fumio Kishida, has removed ministers associated with the Unification church in a cabinet reshuffle aimed at reviving his fort…
Details emerge showing Unification church’s political ties go further than Japan’s longest-serving prime ministerJapan was still struggling to make sense of the violent death of Shinzo Abe when the man suspected of killing him gave police information t…
Cabinet has approved event for 27 September but critics question cost and possible political exploitationOpposition is mounting to plans to hold a state funeral for the former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, who was shot dead earlier this month.The…
Members of the public pay their respects to former prime minister outside Buddhist templeFamily and friends of Japan’s former prime minister, Shinzo Abe, have attended his funeral at a Buddhist temple in Tokyo while members of the public paid their res…
Suspect Tetsuya Yamagami blames the Unification church, also known as the Moonies, for bankrupting his familyThe apparent motive given by the man accused of assassinating Shinzo Abe has cast a spotlight on the Unification church and its ties to politic…
Tetsuya Yamagami’s mother attends meetings, says Unification church, after he told investigators of grudgeThe mother of the man accused of assassinating Shinzo Abe is a member of the Unification church, which the suspect has cited as a motive for his f…
The US secretary of state flies to Japan to give condolences to nation as country’s ruling LDP holds muted celebrations for poll victoryThe US secretary of state, Antony Blinken has described assassinated former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe as a …
Exit polls show LDP retaining power with comfortable election victory as country mourns Japan’s ruling party has won a comfortable victory in elections overshadowed by the assassination of the former prime minister, Shinzo Abe.Exit polls showed that th…
The former prime minister of Japan Shinzo Abe spoke to Australian parliament in 2014, eight years to the day before he was shot and killed while giving a speech in Nara, Japan. The government, led by Tony Abbott, and opposition, led by Bill Shorten, li…
Police pledge thorough investigation into security flaws as polls open for upper house elections amid increased police presencePolice in Japan have admitted there were “problems” with security for Shinzo Abe, as voters went to the polls for upper house…
Prime minister Fumio Kishida warns violence will not be tolerated in defiant speech after the murder of former leaderMany Japanese voters will go to the polls on Sunday with a heavy heart, but also with a sense of quiet defiance, as they cast their bal…