Mr. Abe was shot on Friday during a campaign event. Before he left office in 2020, he helped pull his country out of economic malaise but fell short of his most cherished goal: to normalize Japan’s military after decades of postwar pacifism.
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Shinzo Abe, Ex-Japanese Leader, Collapses After Gunshot Is Heard
The former prime minister was injured during a speech in Nara in western Japan, according to the public broadcaster NHK.
With Threats All Around, Japan Moves to Shed Its Pacifist Constraints
Growing calls for more military spending after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine demonstrate Japan’s recognition that it must bolster its own deterrent power, not just rely on its U.S. alliance.
Zelensky Addresses Japan’s Parliament, Invoking Memories of Fukushima
President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Russia’s invasion could set off a nuclear catastrophe in Chernobyl and warned that Russia could use chemical weapons like the one used in a 1995 attack in Tokyo.
Japan Faces Big Problems. Its Next Leader Offers Few Bold Solutions.
The country’s governing party, with a stranglehold on power, bucked the wishes of the public to select a moderate mainstay.
Here’s Who Might Replace Japan’s Former PM Yoshihide Suga
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga leaves his party facing its biggest crisis in years, with the coronavirus caseload at record highs and the economy struggling to recover.
Shinzo Abe Aide Faces Fine Over Campaign Finance Allegations in Japan
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said he had unintentionally misrepresented the facts around a political scandal after prosecutors announced they would seek to punish a former aide to Shinzo Abe.
Japan’s New Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga Picks His Cabinet
Yoshihide Suga’s status quo cabinet suggested that he was rewarding the factions inside his party that had helped him become prime minister.
Yoshihide Suga Set to Become Japan’s Next Prime Minister
Yoshihide Suga’s years as a shadow power in Japanese politics left him a bit of a cipher. Now he is emerging to take control of the world’s third-largest economy at a time of deep uncertainty.
Party Insiders Put Yoshihide Suga on Brink of Being Japan’s Prime Minister
In an emergency vote restricted to members of Parliament and select delegates, the governing party overwhelmingly backed the leading symbol of continuity from Shinzo Abe’s premiership.