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Japan Ex PM's shooter gets sentenced for life
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, had admitted to fatally shooting Abe in 2022, in a crime that shocked the nation.
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Japan: Former JCP chairman and veteran ideologue Tetsuzo Fuwa dies at 95
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Tetsuzo Fuwa, former chairman of the Japanese Communist Party and a key party ideologue, died aged 95. A long-serving lawmaker, he helped reshape the JCP into a more pragmatic force and remained active in party affairs until recent years.
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Japan's former Internal Affairs Minister Takaichi enters race for LDP lead
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Japan's former Internal Affairs Minister Sanae Takaichi has officially announced her bid for the leadership of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on Thursday, completing the list of major candidates seeking to replace outgoing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, Kyodo News reported.
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Japan's ex-Economic Security Minister Takaichi leads race for LDP presiden
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Japan's former Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi has emerged as the leading contender to become the next president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), according to a poll released by Kyodo News, ahead of the party's leadership election set for October 4.
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Shinzo Abe, a colossal figure in Japanese politics, reshaped Indo-Japan ti
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): Former Indian Ambassador to Japan, Sujan Chinoy, on Friday said that former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was shot today during an election speech, was a colossus in the Japanese political landscape and had done a lot for Indo-Japan ties.
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