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He assassinated Japan’s most successful politician ever. But now, he seems to have won over public opinion. What happened?
The ruling coalition’s drubbing in the July 20 Upper House election and its severe bruising in the Lower House poll last autumn were votes of no-confidence against not only Prime Minister ...
Under former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the Liberal Democratic Party’s leadership offered the Japanese people and the region the Free and Open Indo-Pacific Vision (FOIP), Abenomics to revive the ...
Shinzo Abe was formerly the leader of the LDP and was Japan's longest-serving prime minister, in office twice between 2006 and 2007, and 2012 and 2020.
Sanseito has won over Japanese voters with its warnings against a "silent invasion" of foreigners.
Then-premier Shinzo Abe, dubbed a "Trump whisperer", fared better during Trump's first term, managing to shield Japan from any tariffs.
During the 2012 general election, the party's then-president Shinzo Abe personally campaigned on his behalf - though he eventually lost the race.
It is ‘extremely rare’ for South Korean law enforcement to raid the church’s headquarters, the head of a religious research institute says.
Shigeru Ishiba likes the nitty gritty of policy, cigarettes and making models, but his dream job as Japanese prime minister could go up in smoke this weekend.