While the investigation is just beginning, we summarize some of the information that we know about the suspect below.
The death of the former prime minister should not be in vain. Not giving in to violence, Japan pushes through with the Upper House elections today,...
The front pages of Japan’s national newspapers on July 9 make clear just how difficult it is for the nation as it grapples with the aftermath...
From when I first started covering Abe some 24 years ago until the day of his death, I never saw Abe waver once in his political...
A gunman at an election rally in Nara ended the life of the longest-serving and one of the most popular prime ministers in Japanese history.
Messages of shock and grief are coming in from heads of government, remembering the former prime minister of Japan as a “towering global statesman.”
While not disclosing very much new information, Kishida expressed his sincere wishes for Abe’s recovery and called the incident “despicable.”
Shinzo Abe was delivering a speech ahead of the Upper House elections on July 10 when he was shot twice from behind and collapsed on the...
In the upcoming Upper House election, we should intensely scrutinize pledges made by political parties — that these are not just rhetoric designed to win votes.
Will candidates for Japan’s Upper House be better than outgoing ones who delayed condemning China’s human rights violations and deciding constitutional reform?
People living with disabilities often have additional challenges to overcome, things their disability-free counterparts may not even consider. Some of these challenges can be as...
Shinzo Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its coalition partner Komeito won majority of the seats in the House of Councillors on Sunday, July 21,...
