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Japan's post-Abe trust crisis under PM Kishida

No one could have foreseen that Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's popularity would nosedive so soon after the Liberal Democratic Party triumphed in July's election to the Upper House of the Japanese Diet. Until recently, Mr Kishida's government received consistently high approval ratings. But the LDP's links to a controversial…

Bangkok Post

Japan PM’s popularity dives over party links to Unification church

Church has been in the spotlight since the shooting of Abe Shinzo, but Fumio Kishida insists no relationship exists between the LDP and the group

The Guardian - AU

Japan should stay true to Abe Shinzo’s vision—up to a point

Kishida Fumio, the prime minister, should follow Mr Abe’s pragmatism, not his nationalism

The Economist

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How Abe shaped Japan through foreign policies

Former Japanese prime minister Abe Shinzo's assassination at an election campaign event in Nara, Japan, is both shocking and puzzling. It is shocking because Japan has known almost no political violence for at least a half-century, and because gun ownership in the country is tightly controlled. It is puzzling because…

Bangkok Post

'Very much touched': Japanese ambassador in awe of Australian tributes to late Shinzo Abe

Three days since the death of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, the Canberra embassy is left touched by a flow of tributes.

The Canberra Times

Blinken to stop in Tokyo on Monday to pay respects after Abe killing

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will make a previously unscheduled stop in Tokyo on Monday to offer condolences to the Japanese people after the killing of former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo, the State Department said on Sunday.

Reuters

Blinken to pay Abe condolence visit to Japan

The secretary of State will travel to Tokyo on Monday.

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Top US diplomat to pay Abe condolence visit to Japan

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will pay a brief condolence visit to Japan next week following the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe

The Independent UK

Biden and former US presidents shocked by Shinzo Abe’s assassination

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and other U.S. leaders mourned the death of Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated Friday while delivering a campaign speech ahead of his country’s parliamentary elections.

Los Angeles Times

At least 77 Covid deaths; Albanese pays tribute to Abe; NSW counts cost of floods – as it happened

Foreign minister Penny Wong meets her Chinese counterpart in Bali, breaking three years of diplomatic hostility. This blog is now closed

The Guardian - AU

World leaders express sadness, outrage over death of Shinzo Abe, paying tribute to 'friend', 'brilliant leader'

World leaders express their sadness and outrage at the fatal shooting of Shinzo Abe, describing him as a champion of democracy, a great leader, and a friend.

ABC News

Sporting world pays tribute to Shinzo Abe, a key figure in Tokyo 2020 Olympics

TOKYO: The sporting world on Friday paid glowing tributes to Shinzo Abe, who was instrumental in Japan winning the bid to host the 2020 Olympic Games, with the International Olympics Committee hailing him as “a man of vision” and “a dear friend of the Olympic Movement.”

The Times of India

Japan mourns ex-prime minister Shinzo Abe

The body of Japan’s assassinated former prime minister Shinzo Abe is on its way to Tokyo, as mourners pay their respects at the scene of his shooting in Nara.

Crikey

Abe assassinated with "homemade" gun

The suspected gunman, who used a "homemade" shotgun, reportedly wanted to target religious group's senior official

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Politico

Trump laments ‘bad news’ of Abe assassination

“He was a unifier like no other,” the former president wrote on social media.

Al Jazeera

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.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Gun attack throws election campaign site into chaos

NARA -- A gun attack on former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe threw an ordinary election campaign rally, where many voters had gathered, into a scene of chaos filled with shouts and screams.

Al Jazeera

Tributes pour in as Japan’s Shinzo Abe dies after being shot

World leaders share their condolences after former Japanese prime minister is pronounced dead.

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France 24

'A towering figure': Fatal shooting of Japan's Shinzo Abe shocks world leaders

Friday's shocking assassination of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe stunned the world and drew immediate condemnation, with world leaders praising Abe's "global leadership" and slamming a "cowardly attack".

Daily Record

Shinzo Abe dead: Former Japanese PM shot dead in horror street assassination

Japan's longest serving prime minister Shinzo Abe has died after being shot with a homemade gun while delivering a speech in Nara, Japan, it has been reported.

Bangkok Post

Prayut joins world leaders 'shocked' by attack on Abe

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha joined world leaders in expressing shock and concern at the shooting of former Japanese premier Shinzo Abe on Friday.

Irish Mirror

Shinza Abe: Former Japanese PM dies after being shot in chest in assassination as Taoiseach pays tribute

Two shots were heard before Mr Abe collapsed to the ground while giving a public speech on the campaign trail for a national election, with public broadcaster NHK saying a man armed with an apparently homemade gun opened fired at him from behind.

AFP

World reacts to Abe shooting

Tokyo (AFP) - Leaders and envoys from around the world reacted with shock and concern to the shooting of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe on Friday.

Al Jazeera

What we know about deadly attack on Japan’s Shinzo Abe

Suspect arrested after Shinzo Abe fatally wounded in a gun attack in the western city of Nara.

The Independent UK

World leaders stunned by Abe's shooting pray for recovery

World leaders have reacted in shock and grief over the shooting of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during a campaign speech and prayed for his recovery

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