Shinzo Abe

With flowers and a gun salute, Japan bids farewell to slain Abe at state funeral

With flowers, prayers and a 19-gun salute, Japan honored slain former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday at the first state funeral for a former Prime minister in 55 years.

 Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Akie Abe, widow of former Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe look as Abe’s remain is placed during the state funeral of assassinated former Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe Tuesday Sept. 27, 2022.
 Police officers try to control the crowd of people in front of Zojoji temple where the funeral of the late former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was shot while campaigning for a parliamentary election, will be held in Tokyo, Japan July 12, 2022.

Japan police chief to resign over Shinzo Abe shooting, citing 'fresh start'

 A police officer detains a man, believed to have shot former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, in Nara, western Japan July 8, 2022

Ties to Unification Church fueled motive for Shinzo Abe's assassin

THEN-US president Barack Obama meets with then-Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe at the G20 Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia, 2013.

The loss of Shinzo Abe, a Pacific titan - opinion


Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe opens Tokyo 2020 Olympics stadium

The stadium, built at a cost of 156.9 billion yen ($1.44 billion), will have a capacity of 68,000 when it hosts the Olympic Games opening ceremony on July 24.

People pose during a group photograph during the construction completion ceremony of the New National Stadium on December 15, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan. Seen here are (L-R) Architect Kengo Kuma, Azusa Sekkei Co. President Fumihiko Sugitani, Taisei Corp. Chairman Takashi Yamauchi, Japan Sport Council Pres

Benjamin Netanyahu not flying to Japan days before deadline to form government

A visit next week would have allowed him to attend the enthronement ceremony of Japanese Emperor Naruhito scheduled for October 22-24.

PM Netanyahu and PM of Japan Shinzo Abe‏

Netanyahu flying to Japan for Emperor's coronation ceremony

A ceremony formally recognizing his ascension to the post will be held on October 22, with the attendance of many world leaders.

Collage of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Japanese emperor Naruhito.

Iran may change policy towards nuclear deal due to oil sanctions

Larijani did not elaborate on what those changes would be.

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani listens during a news conference on the sidelines of the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 26, 2018

Japan PM Abe to meet Iran's Khamenei, Rouhani during visit this week

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga also saidthat Abe and U.S. President Donald Trump had spoken on the telephone earlier on Tuesday to discuss Iran, among other topics.

 Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, left, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, right, shake hands at Abe's official residence in Tokyo Thursday, May 16, 2019.

Japan arranging for PM Abe visit to Iran in near future

The trip comes amid escalating tension between Iran and the United States and a year after the United States pulled out of a deal between Iran and global powers to curb its nuclear programme.

U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump stand at attention next to Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan May 27, 2019.

Trump meets Japanese emperor on state visit overshadowed by trade

"It's over 200 years since something like this has happened. So it's a great honor to be representing the United States," Trump said.

U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump stand at attention next to Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan May 27, 2019.

U.S. asked Japan's Abe to nominate Trump for Nobel Peace Prize-report

The report follows Trump's claim on Friday that Abe had nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prize for opening talks and easing tensions with North Korea.

US President Donald Trump (L) gestures with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe upon his arrival at the Kasumigaseki Country Club in Kawagoe, near Tokyo, Japan, 05 November 2017

Japan's Abe meets with Abbas in Ramallah

Japanese prime minister said his country was not planning to transfer its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas meets with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Ramallah

Lionizing a rebel: Japan’s embrace of Chiune Sugihara

The war hero has become a draw for tourists– and a tool of moral education in rural Japan.

A girl runs toward a shrine in Hida Furukawa, in Japan's Gifu prefecture, where the local government is promoting Chiune Sugihara's legacy as a tourism draw. (Michael Wilner, November 2017)