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.

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Japan bids farewell to assassinated former PM Shinzo Abe

Hundreds had filed into the temple on Monday evening to pay their respects to Abe, a polarizing figure who dominated politics as Japan's longest-serving premier.

 Mourners pray for late former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was shot while campaigning for a parliamentary election, at Headquarters of the Japanese Liberal Democratic Party in Tokyo, Japan July 12, 2022

Mourning Abe, Japan's ruling party secures somber election win

Liberal Democratic Party led by Kishida wins elections amid assassination of Shinzo Abe

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

WJC President Lauder comments on assassination of former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe

Shinzo Abe

How did Shinzo Abe's killer make his DIY gun?

Video images from the scene showed the assailant fired at Abe with a device that had a pistol grip and seemingly two pipes covered in black electrical tape.

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

Shinzo Abe boosted Japan’s ties to Jews, Israel

Will Japan’s next leader echo these warm views on the Jews and Israel?

JAPAN’S FORMER prime minister Shinzo Abe visits the Anne Frank House museum in Amsterdam in 2014.

Netanyahu expresses appreciation for friendship of departing Japanese PM

Abe's resignation will trigger a leadership race in the LDP, the winner of which must be formally elected in parliament.

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe offers a silent prayer for the victims of the 1945 atomic bombing, at Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, August 6, 2020, on the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the city, August 6, 2020

Japan's Abe, on WW2 anniversary, vows not to repeat war

Shinzo Abe sent a ritual offering to Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine for war dead.

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe offers a silent prayer for the victims of the 1945 atomic bombing, at Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, August 6, 2020, on the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the city, August 6, 2020

Japan to lift a state of emergency in Tokyo

Social distancing curbs were loosened for most of the country on May 14 as new infections fell, but the government has kept Tokyo and four other prefectures under watch.

Passersby wearing protective face masks, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), walk at Kabukicho entertainment and shopping district in Tokyo, Japan March 27, 2020

Japan PM asks Iran's Rouhani to stick to nuclear deal

Shinzo Abe made the comments at the start of a meeting between the two leaders in Tokyo.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani stands with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, during a welcome ceremony in Tehran, Iran

Iran's Rouhani to visit Japan amid heightened tensions with US

Japan said the two leaders will meet on December 20.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani stands with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, during a welcome ceremony in Tehran, Iran

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