Hours ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Mod’s visit to Japan to attend ex-PM Shinzo Abe’s state funeral, foreign secretary Vinay Kwatra said this trip is an opportunity for PM Modi to honour the memory of his dear friend and the champion of the India-Japan ties. Addressing a special briefing on […]
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Japan: Man set himself on fire near PM’s office to oppose Shinzo Abe’s state funeral
A man set himself on fire on the street near Japan Prime Minister’s office in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo to oppose the state funeral for the former PM Shinzo Abe, a local media reported. Japanese TV Asahi said that the man burned himself after telling the police that he was “opposed […]
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Japan bids farewell to former PM Shinzo Abe
Hundreds of Japanese turned out on Tuesday to bid farewell to former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who died after being shot at a campaign rally last week. A number of people gathered at the Zojoji buddhist temple in Tokyo to pay their respects ahead of a private funeral for Abe, who was 67. […]
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Japan’s ruling party LDP wins majority in polls held after Shinzo Abe’s assassination
In an election held just two days after the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)-Komeito coalition secured 76 seats and retained the majority in the Upper House elections, local media reported. Abe was gunned down in Nara city in western Japan on […]
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Shinzo Abe’s shooter checked out YouTube how to make firearms
The investigation into the assassination of Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe revealed on Sunday that the man behind the killing checked YouTube when making the firearm used in the attack, local media reported citing sources. According to the Japan Times, the investigative sources said that Tetsuya Yamagami, the gunman has […]
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Shinzo Abe’s body arrives in Tokyo, funeral on Tuesday
The body of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived at his home city, Tokyo, on Saturday, a day after he was fatally assassinated during a campaign speech in the western Japan city of Nara. Shinzo’s wife, Akie Abe travelled from Nara with the former Japanese PM’s body to Tokyo, […]
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Who is Tetsuya Yamagami, the gunman suspected in Shinzo Abe assassination?
As an investigation into the assassination of Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe continues, local media reports revealed that the man who was detained after Abe was shot served in the Japanese Navy for three years. Tetsuya Yamagami, a 41-year-old resident of Nara City, in western Japan shot Abe while he was […]
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India mourns Shinzo Abe’s assassination, national flag flies at half-mast
The national tricolour at Red Fort, Rashtrapati Bhavan and Parliament House flew at half-mast on Saturday to observe the day-long state mourning announced in the country as a mark of respect for former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe who was assassinated on July 8. Abe was shot in Nara city in […]
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Quad mourns death of Shinzo Abe, ex-Japanese PM who played key role in founding of Indo-Pacific partnership
The leaders of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) have expressed shock at the tragic assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the White House said on Friday. “We, the leaders of Australia, India, and the United States, are shocked at the tragic assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo […]
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Japan Former PM Shinzo Abe is no more
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has died after being shot. A man fired at him from behind in Nara city, after which he was admitted to the hospital. But they could not be saved. When this attack happened on Shinzo Abe, he was addressing a small public meeting. It […]
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Former Japan PM Shinzo Abe’s attacker came as a journalist, gun was like a camera
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was attacked today in which he was badly injured and his condition is said to be serious. The attack on Abe came when he was addressing an election program in the city of Nara. Tetsuya Yamagami, who attacked Shinzo Abe, was arrested at the […]
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Japan PM condemns ‘barbaric’ attack on Shinzo Abe, says it is never permissible in any democracy
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday condemned the “barbaric” attack on former PM Shinzo Abe and said that such kind of act is never permissible in any democracy. In a live address to the country today, Kishida said Abe is in “serious” condition, local media reported. “It is barbaric […]
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Japan’s former PM Shinzo Abe in cardiopulmonary arrest after being shot
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe who collapsed after apparently being shot in the chest while delivering a speech in Nara City on Friday has been rushed to hospital where he is reported to be in “cardiopulmonary arrest.” Local fire department said that the Japanese ex-PM has been rushed to […]
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Former Japan PM Shinzo Abe unconscious after being shot; attacker in custody
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe collapsed in the western Japan city of Nara on Friday after being attacked by an unidentified man and gunshots were heard in the vicinity, local media reported adding that police has seized the attacker. Japan’s leading news agency Kyodo News citing local authorities reported […]
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Japanese PM Shinzo Abe’s public support rises despite ex-justice minister’s arrest
Public support for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s cabinet rose by nine percentage points to 36% despite the recent arrest of his former justice minister on suspicion of vote-buying, a poll by the Mainichi Shimbun daily showed on Sunday. The approval rating had fallen to 27% in the paper’s previous […]