Japanese voters began voting today to renew half of the seats in the upper house, a contest overshadowed by the assassination two days ago of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during a campaign rally in Nara. Japan’s current Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, whose Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is seen as the favorite in the election, […]
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Japan: Abe’s killer planned the attack for months
LAST UPDATE: 18:03 The man who assassinated Shinzo Abe believed the former Japanese prime minister was linked to a religious group, which he blames for his mother’s financial ruin, and had spent months planning the attack with an improvised weapon, police told local media today. . Unemployed Tetsuya Yamagami, 41, was identified as the suspect […]
Japan: There were problems with Abe’s security, Nara police admit
A motorcade carrying the body of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated yesterday, arrived today at his home in the Japanese capital, Tokyo, from the western part of the country where he was when he was attacked. Abe’s widow, Akie, accompanied his body. Authorities are reviewing security measures at the venue in the […]
Japan: In a heavy atmosphere the election campaign after the assassination of Shinzo Abe
Election campaigning in Japan is expected to continue today, the last day of rallies ahead of polls to elect new members of the upper house, despite the country still reeling from the shock of the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe by a gunman. Abe, Japan’s longest-serving modern leader, was assassinated on Friday morning […]
Japan: Abe’s killer targeted ‘specific organization’
The man suspected of killing former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is 41-year-old unemployed Tetsuya Yamagami, who told investigators he used a homemade weapon, Japanese police said. “This is what the suspect is claiming and we found that (the weapon used) clearly appears to be improvised, but our analysis is still ongoing,” a police officer […]
S&P 500: Stable markets awaiting the US employment report.
The dollar loses strength after setting new highs in years. Equity markets in positive, with modest gains. Japan in shock after assassination of former prime minister. The US employment report for June is coming. Stocks in Europe are rising on Friday, while futures on Wall Street alternate gains and losses. Traders await US jobs report […]
Japan: Police raid the home of the man arrested for Abe’s murder
Japanese police raided the home of the suspect in the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Nara (west), where he was making a campaign speech, according to images broadcast by public broadcaster NHK. Footage showed scores of police wearing protective gear, helmets and shields entering a building identified by NHK as the […]
Foreign leaders shocked by the assassination of Shinzo Abe
LAST UPDATE: 18:48 Foreign leaders have expressed their deep sorrow over the death of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, hailing a “great patriot” and “world leader”, and strongly condemning his killing as a “heinous crime”. Here are the reactions: USA US President Joe Biden expressed his outrage at the fatal shooting today of former […]
G. Stoltenberg: The attack against Shinzo Abe is ‘heinous’
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said today he was “deeply shocked” by the “heinous” attack on former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and assured that the alliance, of which Tokyo is a close ally, “stands by” the Japanese and their government. “Deeply shocked by the heinous attack against Shinzo Abe as he addressed voters. My […]
Japan, Shinzo Abe, hit by two shots during a rally, is serious
Two shots fired at close range, three seconds apart. Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, 67, was hit from behind, at chest height, during an election event in the Nara region of central western Japan, while giving a speech in support of a Liberal Democratic Party candidate in anticipation of Sunday’s upper house elections. Immediately […]