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Former PM collapses after being shot during campaign speech ahead of upper house elections on SundayLive updates: former Japan PM Shinzo Abe shotFormer Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe is in a critical condition after being shot while making a speech…
This blog has now closed.Shinzo Abe, Japan’s former prime minister, dies after being shotA loss for the world’: leaders unite in condemning assassinationJapan has close to “zero-tolerance” of gun ownership – an approach that experts say contributes to …
Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe collapsed while making a speech, with reports and video footage suggesting that he had been shot before he fell to the ground. NHK, Japan’s public broadcaster, said Abe – the country’s longest-serving prime mini…
Influential former prime minister Shinzo Abe called for Tokyo to consider hosting US nuclear weapons in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine China has reacted angrily to calls by Japan’s influential former prime minister, Shinzo Abe, for Tokyo to c…
Contest to lead ruling party and country appears to be two-horse race between Taro Kono and Fumio KishidaThe race to become leader of Japan’s ruling party and the next prime minister is too close to call ahead of next week’s party election. It is a rar…
After a year’s delay, the Games begin this week. But it is an event that few in a fearful host nation now want as infections rise againThe joy and anticipation that greeted the International Olympic Committee’s decision in 2013 to award the 2020 Games …
Allegations over dining expenses risk tarnishing Abe’s legacy and could weaken Yoshihide SugaProsecutors in Japan have questioned the former prime minister, Shinzo Abe, over a funding scandal that could harm the country’s current leader, Yoshihide Suga…
MPs approve Suga as PM, as outgoing leader promises support for successor who vowed to continue his policiesYoshihide Suga has been installed as Japan’s prime minister, after the lower house of parliament approved his appointment as successor to Shinzo…
MPs approve Suga as PM, as outgoing leader promises support for successor who vowed to continue his policiesYoshihide Suga has been installed as Japan’s prime minister and promised a “reform-minded, hard-working” cabinet as the outgoing leader, Shinzo …
The favourite may be the Abe continuity candidate but his background could not be more different Nothing short of force majeure will prevent Yoshihide Suga from becoming Japan’s prime minister when the ruling Liberal Democratic party (LDP) elects a lea…
Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, Shinzo Abe, has announced his resignation, citing ill-health. His departure marks the end of an unusual era of stability in which the Japanese leader struck up strong ties with the US president, Donald Trump, eve…
Abe says return of bowel condition means he cannot continue in his positionJapan’s prime minister, Shinzo Abe, has said he will resign over his declining health, telling a shocked country that the return of a chronic bowel condition had left him unable…
Refusal to discuss health details fuels speculation PM may have to curtail termJapan’s prime minister, Shinzo Abe, has made his second trip to hospital in a week, prompting renewed concern over his health.Abe, who marked 2,799 consecutive days as prime…
Shinzo Abe had planned to visit family during O-bon holiday but political rival Tokyo mayor calls on capital’s residents to stay home Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMillions of people who have been forced to cancel holidays…
‘It’s the same every year. He talks gibberish and leaves,’ says one survivor after plagiarism app detects 93% match in speeches given days apartSurvivors of the atomic bombings of 75 years ago have accused Japan’s prime minister, Shinzo Abe, of making …