Slim majority of Japanese oppose state funeral for ex-PM Shinzo Abe – poll
TOKYO – Just over half of Japanese oppose plans for a state funeral for Shinzo Abe, the former prime minister whose assassination this month shocked the nation, an opinion poll showed on…
Analysis: Japan’s dovish Kishida may now take defence mantle of slain mentor Abe
By Tim Kelly and Yukiko Toyoda NARA, Japan – After a strong showing in an election overshadowed by the killing of former premier Shinzo Abe, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida may have…
Biden orders U.S flags flown at half-staff to honor Japan’s Abe
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden said on Friday he had ordered U.S. flags to be flown at half-staff through July 10 to honor Shinzo Abe after the former Japanese prime minister was…
Shinzo Abe sought to reinvigorate Japan with bold economic policies, strong armed forces
TOKYO – Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, who sought to lift the economy out of chronic deflation with his bold “Abenomics” policies, beef up the military and counter China’s growing clout,…
Japanese former prime minister Abe has died -NHK
TOKYO – Japanese former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has died, public broadcaster NHK said on Friday. Abe, 67, had been delivering a stump speech near a train station in the western city…
Japan’s Shinzo Abe sought to revive economy, fulfil conservative agenda
TOKYO – Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, launched his “Abenomics” policies to lift the economy out of deflation, beefed up Japan’s military and sought to counter China’s growing clout in a…
Japan’s ex-PM Abe says ‘wrong’ for BOJ to hike rates to stem yen falls
TOKYO – Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said it would be “clearly wrong” for the Bank of Japan to raise interest rates to curb further declines in the yen, the Nikkei…
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