Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe died this Friday after being attacked during a campaign rally in the town of Nara, located in the southwest of the country, sources from his party, the Liberal Democratic Party (PLD), confirmed.
Confirmation of his death came hours after Abe went into…
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Yoshihide Suga elected as the new Prime Minister of Japan
The Japanese Parliament elected Yoshihide Suga as Prime Minister of the country on Wednesday, after Shinzo Abe submitted his resignation for health reasons at the end of August, with the task of completing the mandate for which he had been…
Prime Minister of Japan resigns from office
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced at a press conference his resignation due to his health problems, thus ending several weeks of speculation about his condition.
In a previous meeting with members of his party, the LDP, he asked…
Japanese economy contracts 0.9 % the first quarter of this year
Japan entered a phase of economic recession, greater than last year, after reaching 0.9 % in the first quarter of 2020, as reported by official sources on Monday.
"We think that the worst is yet to come, with the state of emergency in…
Olympic Committee suspends Tokyo 2020
On Tuesday, the president of the International Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach, and the Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe announced the suspension of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games until next year.
"In the current circumstances and based on…