Tag: Shinzo Abe

CALLS FOR HELP It would be the third religious group ordered to disband in Japan - another being the Aum Shinrikyo cult, which released a deadly nerve agent on the ...

TOKYO: With flowers, prayers and a 19-gun salute, Japan honoured slain former prime minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday (Sep 27) at the first state funeral for a former premier in 55 ...

GOOD FOR JAPAN TO HOST FOREIGN DIGNITARIES Kishida has certainly mismanaged the situation. He first dithered on the decision, then moved too hastily. The funeral date was schedule too far ...

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has pledged the party will sever all ties with the church, but the scandal has helped fuel discontent over the state funeral. Thousands have protested the ...

DISCONTENT OVER FUNERAL Abe's accused killer targeted the former leader believing he had ties to the Unification Church, which he resented over massive donations his mother had made to the ...

TOKYO: The Unification Church in Japan pledged on Thursday (Sep 22) to prevent followers from making "excessive" donations, after criticism of its practices following the assassination of former prime minister ...

TOKYO: A state funeral for assassinated former prime minister Shinzo Abe has become a lightning rod for controversy, prompting demonstrations and even an apparent act of attempted self-immolation. But why ...

Asked whether he would consider stepping down as minister, Yamagiwa said he would take responsibility by staying on as minister and carrying out the administration's economic stimulus measures. "This is ...

TOKYO: Around half of Japan's ruling party lawmakers have had dealings with the Unification Church, an official said Thursday (Sep 8), after the assassination of ex-premier Shinzo Abe heightened scrutiny of ...

TAIPEI: A representative from Taiwan will attend the state funeral of slain former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe this month, but the government is still discussing whom to send, the ...