Category: Shinzo Abe

Biden Speaks to Japan’s Kishida After Abe’s Death; Trump in Talks About Attending Funeral

President Joe Biden spoke to Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on July 8 to offer condolences over the death of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Abe, 67, was assassinated on July 8 in Nara, Japan, during a campaign speech backing his party’s candidates ahead of a parliamentary election, by a man with a homemade gun….


Japan Police Chief Takes Responsibility for Shinzo Abe Assassination, Admits Security Lapses

The police chief of the Nara prefecture where former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was killed admitted security lapses that allowed the assassin to get close enough to fire the deadly shots from a homemade gun, saying he feels a “grave sense of responsibility.” Nara prefectural police chief Tomoaki Onizuka told a press conference on…


Shinzo Abe: He Will Be Missed

Commentary Statesmen come along only once in a great while. Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was murdered on July 8 in Nara, Japan, was a statesman. He was the first of the 20-odd Japanese prime ministers to deserve the title in the last 35 years since Yasuhiro Nakasone held office. Even though Abe…


Abe’s Body Returns to His Tokyo Home as Japan Mourns Slain Ex-PM

NARA/TOKYO—A motorcade carrying the body of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived at his home in the Japanese capital on Saturday, as police in the western city of Nara where he was assassinated said there had been security flaws. Mourners gathered at his residence and at the scene of Friday’s attack in Nara, where Japan’s…


Shinzo Abe’s Murder Suspect Reveals Motive of His Attack

The man who allegedly shot dead former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday had a military background but denied that his motive was related to Abe’s political beliefs. Tetsuya Yamagami, 41, was unemployed and had served in the Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) for three years until 2005, according to police. He was arrested in…


Capitol Report (July 8): Biden Issues Executive Order on Abortion; Jan. 6 Detainee Calls in From Jail

Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot dead in public. The assassination has shocked the world. Two weeks after the downfall of Roe v. Wade, President Joe Biden signed an executive order on abortion access. What does it do, and how are pro-life organizations reacting to it? According to the latest Labor Department report,…


Hospital Details Injuries Abe Sustained in Attack

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a divisive arch-conservative and one of his nation’s most powerful and influential figures, has died after being shot during a campaign speech Friday in western Japan, hospital officials said. Nara Medical University emergency department chief Hidetada Fukushima said Abe suffered major damage to his heart in addition to two…


Assassinated Japanese Leader Was Close Friend to Canada: Trudeau

OTTAWA—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the assassination of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe is “shocking,” and that Canada has “lost a close friend” with his death. Abe was assassinated Friday on a street in western Japan by a gunman who opened fire on him from behind as he delivered a campaign speech — an…


Assassination of Japan’s Shinzo Abe Stuns World Leaders

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia—Friday’s shocking assassination of Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in one of the world’s safest countries stunned leaders and drew condemnation, with Iran calling it an “act of terrorism” while Spain slammed the “cowardly attack.” Abe, 67, was shot from behind in Nara in western Japan while giving a campaign speech. He…


Japan’s Former PM Shinzo Abe Assassinated; NYC Called ‘Epicenter’ of US Monkeypox Outbreak | NTD Daybreak

Japan’s Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot dead in an assassination. Abe was holding a campaign speech for a parliamentary election when he was shot in the chest. The father of the suspect in the Highland Park shooting spoke to the New York Post this week. He says he wants a long sentence for…