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HISTORICAL FACTS: Akie abe - The Untold Story

Man who assassinated former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gets life in prison

Abe was serving as a regular lawmaker after leaving the prime minister's job when he was killed in 2022 while campaigning in the western city of Nara.

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Shinzo Abe’s assassin explains why he shot the Japanese PM

Abe’s assassin says he has caused ‘three and a half years of suffering’ to Abe family

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President-Elect Trump To Have Private Dinner With Akie Abe

President-elect Trump to have private dinner with Akie Abe, widow of late Japanese PM Shinzo Abe, at Mar-a-Lago. Their close relationship continues post-as...

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Japanese leaders mark one year since the assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe

Japanese political and business leaders are marking one year since the assassination of former leader Shinzo Abe

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Japan PM's wife to visit White House in April to meet Jill Biden - TBS

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's wife, Yuko Kishida, is planning to visit to Washington in April to meet U.S. first lady Jill Biden, broadcaster TBS reported on Wednesday, citing Japanese government sources.

Reuters

Japan holds a controversial state funeral for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe

Japan's former leader Shinzo Abe was honored at a rare and divisive state funeral Tuesday that deeply split public opinion and drew angry protests.

WEKU

Japan mourns Shinzo Abe as rare and controversial state funeral begins

Former premier’s funeral is a controversial occasion with events seen as an endorsement for Mr Abe’s conservative church

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Japan holding state funeral for ex-leader Abe amid tensions

Tension, rather than sadness, is filling Japan as a rare state funeral for the assassinated former leader Shinzo Abe deeply splits the nation

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EXPLAINER: Why is Japan split over Abe's state funeral?

A rare state funeral for Shinzo Abe, the former prime minister who was assassinated in July, has split Japan

The Independent UK

Amari to mourn Abe with lower house speech

Akira Amari, former secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party, is to deliver a parliamentary speech mourning former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at a plenary session of the House of Representatives, according to LDP sources. Abe was shot dead earlier this month.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Thousands line streets of Tokyo to give farewell to Shinzo Abe

New prime minister Fumio Kishida leads mourners at event

Evening Standard

Japanese people say their final goodbyes to former leader Shinzo Abe at his funeral

Japanese bid their final goodbye to former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday as a funeral was held at a temple days after his assassination that shocked the nation.

WEKU

Japanese say final goodbye to former leader Abe at funeral

Japanese have bid their final goodbye to former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as a family funeral was held at a temple days after his assassination that shocked the nation

The Independent UK

Abe shooter says his mother bankrupted by donating to religious group

The man who fatally shot former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has told police that he initially planned to attack a leader of a religious group who he believed caused his mother to make big donations to the group, investigative sources said Saturday.

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Photographers capture moments after former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe assassinated

The former Japanese prime minister was midway through a campaign speech when he was shot. Photographers nearby captured what happened next.

The Independent UK

Queen offers condolences to Japan’s Emperor after fatal shooting of Shinzo Abe

Shinzo Abe and the Queen met in 2016 during his second stint as Prime Minister.

WEKU

Japan's former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was killed. Here's what the scene was like

Here are photos from the scene when Japan's former leader, Shinzo Abe, was assassinated while giving a campaign speech.

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Abe, Japan’s longest-serving PM, shaped Indo-Pacific politics

Shinzo Abe, a ‘committed architect of the Quad’, boosted Japan’s global standing and renewed his people’s confidence.

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S.Korea president Yoon sends condolences after shooting death of ex-Japanese premier Abe

South Korea President Yoon Suk-yeol sent condolences to Akie Abe, wife of Japanese former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, following his death in a shooting attack on Friday as he giving an election campaign speech.

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