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Japanese police have arrested Tetsuya Yamagami for the assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe, but half the world away a politician in France had a different theory on the murderer. Damien Rieu, who is described as being far-right, put forward the idea that video …Read more »
According to reports out of Japanese public broadcaster NHK, former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe was shot during a political rally in the city of Nara. Abe passed away shortly after at the age of 67. Abe was speaking in support of a local candidate …Read more »
It’s-a-me, Shinzo! With the 2016 Olympic Games wrapping up in Rio, the next time the summer games happen in 2020, they’ll be held in Tokyo. To receive the metaphorical baton, Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike and prime minister Shinzo Abe both showed up in Rio, the …Read more »
At 11am Monday morning, Hayao Miyazaki held a press conference at Studio Ghibli headquarters in western Tokyo. In the hours before the presser, there was speculation as to what exactly he would be announcing – a return from retirement? The closing of Ghibli? Or something …Read more »
News program Focus Today , on government-run China Central Television, ran a segment yesterday alleging that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe seeks war with China. The news caster mentions all the weapons Japan's acquired from the United States, as well as weapons Japan is keeping …Read more »
United States President Barack Obama was feeling particularly grateful while welcoming Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to the White House. He thanked the PM for a handful of Japan's key cultural contributions to the United States, including, of course, manga and anime. Here's what Obama …Read more »
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was in France on May 5 for a meeting with French President Francois Hollande, where the two leaders agreed on the importance of further diplomacy with Russia and a swift resolution to the crisis in Ukraine. And then Abe went …Read more »
Ken Akamatsu, the manga-ka behind Love Hina, has won a seat in Japan’s House of Councillors. Akamatsu ran as a candidate in Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party, which had a dominant showing in the Sunday, June 10 House of Councillors election. Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, …Read more »
Earlier this week former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe received the Olympic Order award for his work toward the (unfortunately postponed) Tokyo 2020 Olympics. There was another former Japanese prime minister at the event: Yoshiro Mori, who had convinced Abe to dress like Super Mario …Read more »
The former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe recently talked about his experience dressing up as Mario from the Super Mario Bros. for the closing ceremony of the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. “To be honest, when [Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee head Yoshiro] Mori first came …Read more »
Japan’s State of Emergency was previously extended to May 31, but those restrictions have officially been lifted earlier than planned. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held a press conference on May 25 to announce that the declaration of State of Emergency has now been lifted …Read more »
Your Bad Box Office in April. Okay, jokes aside, this is some pretty depressing (though unsurprising) box office news. Compared to April 2019, Japan’s movie theaters pulled in 96.3% less yen. In total, the country’s theaters made just 688 million yen—about $6.4 million. Thanks, COVID-19. …Read more »
Japan’s State of Emergency declaration was scheduled to end on May 6, but the fight to contain COVID-19 continues. As a result, Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced that the State of Emergency will be extended until May 31. The announcement follows a preliminary message …Read more »
Japan has been canceling a bunch of events in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus, and the latest to be shut down is one of the biggest anime events of the year, AnimeJapan 2020. The AnimeJapan Executive Committee officially announced the cancelation …Read more »
As you may well know, being a fan of Japanese stuff and all, Japan marks the ages with era names which change every time a new Emperor takes the throne. Crown Prince Naruhito is set to do just that on May 1, 2019, as his …Read more »
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