Shinzo Abe
Another grim reminder of Japan’s violent politics
Has Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida just survived an assassination attempt? Kishida was evacuated from the site of a stump speech in the fishing…
Is Japan doomed?
Japan is heading for trouble, the country’s prime minster Fumio Kishida has suggested. ‘Our country is on the brink of…
The anger behind Shinzo Abe's state funeral
Tokyo While not quite on the scale of Her Majesty’s service, Tuesday’s state funeral of Japan’s longest serving PM Shinzo…
Who could replace Shinzo Abe as Japanese PM?
Japan’s longest-serving Prime Minister, Shinzō Abe, has announced that he will step down, as soon as his replacement is selected.…
Shinzo Abe’s luck is finally running out
The Japanese are fond of poeticising the fleeting beauty of the cherry blossom season, which no sooner reaches its full…
Abe’s challenge
As the only nation to have suffered mass casualties from a nuclear bomb, Japan has been understandably nervous about Kim…
