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Shinzo Abe assassination: Japan marks 1-year since former PM gunned downOn Saturday, Japan marked one year since former prime minister Shinzo Abe was gunned down during an election speech by a man angry at his links to the Unification Church. At a private memorial service at a Tokyo Buddhist temple, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, senior officials, lawmakers and Abe’s widow Akie gathered to reflect on...CrimeJul 8, 2023
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Coronavirus outbreak: Japan lifts state of emergency but not for major citiesJapanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe lifted the state of emergency in 39 of Japan’s 47 prefectures on Thursday but said it would remain in place in Tokyo and Osaka until the novel coronavirus is contained. The 39 prefectures in which the emergency has been lifted account for 54% of Japan’s population, but the greater Tokyo...EconomyMay 14, 2020
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Hayley Wickenheiser on Team Canada’s withdraw from the 2020 Olympic gamesThe Summer Olympics have been postponed until 2021, after a meeting between Japanese PM Shinzo Abe and the IOC Tuesday morning. This comes after Team Canada announced they’d pulled out of the Olympics if they were not postponed. Global News Morning caught up with six-time Olympian Hayley Wickenheiser on Monday after the Team Canada announcement.Global News Morning SaskatoonMar 24, 2020
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U.S. wants Japan to help ‘calm down’ tensions with North Korea: U.S. AmbassadorThe United States wants to work with Japan to “calm the rhetoric” over North Korea, new U.S. ambassador to Japan William Hagerty said on Friday after meeting Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for the first time.WorldAug 18, 2017
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Japan’s Shinzo Abe offers his sincere condolences as PM of JapanJapanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe offered his “sincere and everlasting condolences to the souls of those who lost their lives here” in Pearl Harbor Tuesday.WorldDec 27, 2016
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Japanese PM lays wreath in Arlington National CemeteryJapanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abo laid a wreath at Arlington National Cemetery Friday.WorldFeb 10, 2017
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Trump leaves reporters laughing as he dumps box of fish food into koi pondPresident Donald Trump and Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took a moment to feed Asian carp fish in a koi pond on Monday, which Trump concluded by theatrically holding out his wooden box of feed and dumping it into the water packed with bright yellow and orange fish.PoliticsNov 6, 2017
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Trump wants to spend more time with Japan’s PM despite ‘rocky’ start to relationshipPresident Donald Trump called Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe a “tough negotiator” and said their relationship started off on “quite a rocky start” to their partnership.PoliticsNov 6, 2017
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Trump greets Navy personnel on last day of trip to JapanU.S. President Donald Trump greeted Navy Personnel as he visited Yokosuka Naval Base with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the final day of his trip to Japan.May 27, 2019
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U.S. expecting to announce trade deal with Japan in August: TrumpThe U.S. is expecting to announce a trade deal with Japan in August, president Trump announced during a meeting with Japanese PM Shinzo Abe.MoneyMay 26, 2019
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Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala meets Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo AbeNobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai met Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday, expressing her expectations on the nation to take leadership to contribute to gender equality in the upcoming G20 summit.WorldMar 22, 2019
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Japan PM says he backs Trump over North Korea, South Korea disappointed in no dealJapan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Thursday that it was behind President Donald Trump’s decision to walk away from talks with Kim Jong Un, but South Korea said it was disappointed and hopes talks will resume again soon.Global NationalFeb 28, 2019
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World leaders gather for Women’s Empowerment event at G20Ivanka Trump and Japanese President Shinzo Abe led a Women’s Empowerment event during the G20 on Saturday in Osaka, Japan.MoneyJun 28, 2019
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Trump says Japanese PM Abe agreed on principles of trade deal at G7U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday during the G7 summit in Biarritz, France that he and Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had agreed on the principles of a trade deal that would probably be signed next month in New York.EconomyAug 25, 2019
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe resigns due to worsening healthPrime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving premier, announced his resignation because of poor health on Friday, ending a term at the helm of the world’s third-biggest economy in which he sought to revive growth and bolster its defences.HealthAug 28, 2020
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Coronavirus outbreak: Shinzo Abe says Japan still preparing for 2020 Olympics, won’t declare national emergencyJapanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Saturday that the country was still preparing to host the 2020 Summer Olympics, even as Japan saw its total number of COVID-19 cases rise to more than 1,440, according to local reports. He added that while U.S. President Donald Trump had declared a national emergency, there was no...HealthMar 14, 2020
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COVID-19: Japan PM asks public for help in fighting virus, says Olympics will go aheadJapanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called on the public on Saturday to co-operate in a “tough battle” with the COVID-19 virus as they seek to contain the illness in coming weeks with the Olympic Games just months away. He also said the Olympics would still go ahead and officials would “fully prepare” to make it...HealthFeb 29, 2020
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Shinzo Abe: Biden calls Japan a ‘very, very stable ally’ after ex-prime minister’s deathU.S. President Joe Biden said he will visit the Japanese embassy in Washington to sign a condolence book after former prime minister Shinzo Abe was gunned down and killed on Friday. He also said he tried to call Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who he called “a very solid guy,” adding “Japan is a very, very...PoliticsJul 8, 2022
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Body of former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe arrives in TokyoThe body of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived in Tokyo, Japan on Saturday as the nation and the world continue to reel from his shocking assassination.WorldJul 9, 2022
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Coronavirus outbreak: Japan’s PM says 2020 Tokyo Olympics will be postponed to 2021Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told reporters on Tuesday that he asked for the International Olympic Committee to delay the Tokyo Olympics for one year because of the spread of the novel coronavirus around the world.Mar 24, 2020