Shinzo Abe

PM of Japan announces new vision for a Free and Open Indo-Pacific to counter China’s growing influence in the region

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not known for showing too many emotions in public. However, Friday was one such occasion when the indomitable leader let the guards down as he penned a soul-stirring post following the shocking assassination of former Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe. Highlighting their famous camaraderie, PM Modi termed […]

TOKYO/NEW DELHI: Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe succumbed to his injuries on Friday after he was shot early in the morning. The ex-Prime Minister was in Japan’s Nara city for a campaign speech. He was shot in the neck and the chest. The suspect had been a member of the maritime self-defence force for […]

TOKYO/ NEW DELHI: Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe was shot, and apparently wounded, while delivering a speech at an event ahead of Sunday’s upper house elections, according to NHK, the public broadcaster. The campaign event was in the city of Nara in western Japan. Abe was delivering a stump speech when the apparent sound […]