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The late Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s immigration reforms laid the groundwork for changing Japan’s immigration landscape (IMAGE)
Though the government denies having a formal immigration policy, the number of foreign workers increased during Abe’s second term from 2012 to 2020. Post-Abe governments continue using Abe’s ...
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Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has died after being shot earlier in the day
Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe has died after being shot during a campaign event in the city of Nara in Western Japan, public broadcaster NHK said. “According to a senior LDP ...
Lessons for World Leaders From Japan’s Former Trump-Whisperer
Shinzo Abe, then the prime minister of Japan, succeeded in making friends with Mr. Trump through golf, entertainment and ...
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Japan's embattled leader holds on to power but faces another challenge: Trump
But they are “misreading” the U.S. president-elect, he said, despite his famous friendship with the late Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Trump’s threat of tariffs should be taken “very seriously,” ...
Shigeru Ishiba Wins Vote to Remain as Japan’s Prime Minister
Parliament voted Monday to stick with Mr. Ishiba, who will lead a minority government after his party suffered heavy losses ...
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Japan’s ruling party headquarters is attacked with firebombs, suspect arrested: reports
They are credited with leading Japan as it became an economic powerhouse from the devastation of World War II. Then-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated in 2022, while making a speech for a ...
On This Day: Tribunal sentences Japanese ex-PM Hideki Tojo to death
On Nov. 12, 1948, a war crimes tribunal in Japan sentenced former premier Hideki Tojo and six other World War II Japanese ...
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Instability can cut short tenures of future Japanese leaders
Ishiba is actively seeking support from across the political spectrum to retain his position at the helm after the LDP and ...
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Japan's ruling party is certain to lose a majority in the lower house, broadcaster says
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba ... from a number of scandal-tainted lawmakers with former leader Shinzo Abe's faction, whom Ishiba had un-endorsed for Sunday's election ...
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Japan's ruling coalition loses a majority in the lower house, creating political uncertainty
Japan, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024. Credit: AP Ishiba may also face backlash from a number of scandal-tainted lawmakers with former leader Shinzo Abe's faction, whom Ishiba had un-endorsed for Sunday ...
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Japan's ruling party may struggle in Sunday's vote, but its decades of dominance won't end
(Kyodo News via AP) FILE - A banner displaying the photos of successive ... FILE - Former Japan's Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, left, and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe celebrate after Chief Cabinet ...
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Shigeru Ishiba retains Japan’s prime ministership amid parliamentary setbacks
During an extraordinary parliamentary session, Ishiba defeated Yoshihiko Noda, leader of the opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDP), to retain leadership. However, his minority ...