FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 9 | History Defined

To Make Japan Stronger, America Must Pull It Closer

What Biden and Kishida should do to strengthen the alliance.

Foreign Affairs · Jan 12, 2023

Lawyer: Suspect in Abe assassination to face murder charge

A lawyer says Japanese prosecutors are expected to formally charge the suspect in the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with murder on Friday

The Independent UK · Jan 12, 2023

How Shinzo Abe’s murder and his ties to Moonies blindsided Japanese politics

Unification church’s links to ruling Liberal Democrat politicians have led to controversy over donations and mistrust of party

The Guardian - AU · Jan 10, 2023

A president, a prime minister, the brilliant minds and business moguls: Leaders we lost in 2022

Their legacies live on in their chosen fields of expertise, having dedicated their lives to the pursuit of progress and development.

The New Daily · Dec 29, 2022

From Queen Elizabeth to Coolio, the celebrities and public figures who left us in 2022

From Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II to France’s iconic fashion designer Thierry Mugler and the Soviet Union’s last leader Mikhail Gorbachev, many notable public figures left us in 2022. FRANCE 24 takes a look back at the lives and legacies behind some of the year’s most high-profile deaths.

France 24 · Dec 29, 2022

Leadership contest stirs in 97-member Abe faction

A leadership grab appears to have kicked off in the largest faction of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, involving LDP Policy Research Council chair Koichi Hagiuda and LDP House of Councillors Secretary General Hiroshige Seko.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Dec 28, 2022

Japan PM Sacks 4th Minister to Patch Up Scandal-Hit Cabinet

Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Tuesday dismissed his fourth minister in two months to patch a scandal-tainted Cabinet that has raised questions over his judgment of staff credentials. Kenya Akiba, minister in charge of reconstruction of Fukushima and other disaster-hit areas, has faced allegations of mishandling political and election…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 27, 2022

Japan PM sacks 4th minister to patch up scandal-hit Cabinet

Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has dismissed his fourth minister in two months to patch a scandal-tainted Cabinet that has raised questions over his judgment of staff credentials

The Independent UK · Dec 27, 2022

Yamagami judged mentally competent to be indicted

The Nara District Public Prosecutors Office has judged that Tetsuya Yamagami, the suspect in the fatal shooting of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Nara City in July, is mentally competent to be held responsible for the criminal act, according to sources.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Dec 24, 2022

Japan prosecutors to indict suspected Abe assassin - Kyodo

Japanese prosecutors have decided to indict the man suspected of shooting former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Kyodo news agency and other Japanese media reported on Saturday.

Reuters · Dec 24, 2022