The former prime minister and senior statesman who brought stability to the nation and built relationships with countries worldwide was shot dead on July 8.
Abe had a strategic vision for Japan, recognizing that it could no longer sit quietly, writing the occasional check, while events unfolded around it.
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...
Within a divided world, Abe’s most defining legacy for Japan, the regional and global community, was that he built a united democratic Indo-Pacific coalition.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced that the Upper House elections will push through on July 10: “We need to protect with all our might the base...
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...
Tourism may still be curtailed by COVID-19, but the Mount Fuji trails are opening between July1 and July 10, and will stay open until September 10...
The abduction issue concerns everyone. The same tragedy could strike Japan again if it remains a nation that allows the abductions to stay unsolved.
Pressure is mounting on Japan to relax mask rules and border controls. But with COVID-19 on the rise in the West and Down Under, should it...
This 2nd prize-winning essay asks us to imagine the families of abductees, grieving the undead, knowing your loved one is alive and just across the sea,...
