Japan Leader

• Assassination of former Japanese leader Shinzo Abe ‘shocking,’ Trudeau says

  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the assassination of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe is shocking, and that Canada has lost a close friend with his death.

  Canada

  Jul 8, 2022
  
• Fumio Kishida to become Japan’s new prime minister after winning party leadership

  Kishida replaces outgoing party leader Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, who is stepping down after serving only one year since taking office last September.

  World

  Sep 29, 2021
  
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• Japanese Prime Minister Suga to pull out of leadership race after 1 year in office

  Suga, who took over after Shinzo Abe resigned last September, has seen his support ratings plummet as the nation struggles with its worst wave of COVID-19 infections.

  World

  Sep 3, 2021
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• Japan’s economic crisis hits new low amid coronavirus, setting test for next PM

  The new economic data will put the new prime minister, to be elected in a ruling party leadership race on Sept. 14, under pressure to take bolder economic support measures.

  World

  Sep 8, 2020