Tokyo [Japan], July 8 (ANI): Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was on Friday confirmed dead after he was shot at during a campaign speech in Nara City, western Japan, local media reported citing officials.
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday said that he is "deeply shocked" by the news about the attack on former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during a campaign event in western Japan and prayed for his recovery.
Beijing [China], July 8 (ANI): After reports on the attack on former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Chinese nationalists on Friday started posting celebratory messages on social media hailing the "hero" assailant and sending "death wishes" for Abe.
Tokyo [Japan], July 8 (ANI): Japanese Police have identified the suspect arrested for shooting former prime minister Shinzo Abe on Friday as Tetsuya Yamagami, a 41-year-old resident of Nara City, according to local media.
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that he is "deeply distressed" over the attack on former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and conveyed his prayers to his family.
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday expressed his "shock" over the attack on former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and called him the "instrument" in deepening Indo-Japanese relations.
Tokyo [Japan], July 8 (ANI): Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe who collapsed after apparently being shot in the chest while delivering a speech in Nara City on Friday has been rushed to hospital where he is reported to be in "cardiopulmonary arrest."
Tokyo [Japan], July 8 (ANI): Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe collapsed in the western Japan city of Nara on Friday after being attacked by an unidentified man and gunshots were heard in the vicinity, local media reported adding that police has seized the attacker.
Beijing [China], February 11 (ANI): Beijing has urged Tokyo not to harm China's sovereignty after former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held a telephonic conversation with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen.
Beijing [China], December 2 (ANI): Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Hua Chunying has summoned the Japanese ambassador to Beijing, Hideo Tarumi, to express a protest over statements of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe over the China-Taiwan issue.
Beijing [China], December 1 (ANI): China has expressed firm opposition to former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's recent remarks on Beijing's possible invasion of Taiwan.
New Delhi [India], January 25 (ANI): Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and music legend SP Balasubramaniam (posthumously) are among this year's recipients of Padma Vibhushan, the country's second-highest civilian award.