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Topic: Shinzo Abe

Shinzo Abe’s killer gets life term: Defence sought leniency on grounds of ‘religious abuse’

Abe was fatally shot by Tetsuya Yamagami while delivering speech at rally in Nara, a prefecture in south of Kyoto. Yamagami has been awarded life term after 3-year trial.

Japan PM Sanae Takaichi’s first test is on 28 October—her meeting with Trump

Sanae Takaichi is no feminist icon—her views on gender roles and same-sex marriage are conservative—but she is seen as resolute, even hardline, on policy.

Quad architect Shinzo Abe foresaw a world beyond alliances, says Jaishankar at book launch

The launch of 'Importance of Shinzo Abe' saw tributes from S Jaishankar, Sanjaya Baru and ambassadors Hitoshi Suzuki and Deepa Gopalan Wadhwa.

Suspect held, Japanese PM unhurt: What we know so far about ‘smoke bomb’ attack on Fumio Kishida

Witnesses saw 'pipe-like' object being hurled at Kishida followed by 'loud explosion'. Japanese PM later resumed his campaign in Wakayama Prefecture.

Shinzo Abe’s state funeral fuels backlash in Japan, deepens opposition towards current PM

Abe's assassination in July lead to revelations about ties between Abe's Liberal Democratic Party and the Unification Church. The funeral has been called 'a serious miscalculation.'

Japan’s new nationalism is alarming. Not just for China, North Korea, but allies like India

Asia's strategic landscape will force fateful choices on Japan. Embracing muscular nationalism is a response to the challenges of dangerous new times.

Trinamool mouthpiece sees ‘Agnipath’s shadow’ in Shinzo’s killing, claims shooter disgruntled

A report in mouthpiece 'Jago Bangla' claims Abe’s assassin was a former military man who was disgruntled after he left the service in 2005. BJP calls TMC supremo ‘anti-national’. 

PM Modi pens tribute in memory of ‘Dear Friend’ Shinzo Abe

'An outstanding leader of Japan, a towering global statesman & a great champion of India-Japan friendship is not among us anymore. The world has lost a great visionary,' wrote PM Modi.

Shinzo Abe, John F Kennedy, Franz Ferdinand — Political assassinations that shook the world

Former Japanese prime minister Abe was shot dead Friday morning while he was making an election speech in the city of Nara.

‘Confluence of Two Seas’: Shinzo Abe’s 2007 speech that shaped 21st-century India-Japan ties

Shinzo Abe’s address to Indian Parliament in August 2007 heralded a phase of advancing India-Japan ties. He mentioned ideological and value-based symmetries between the two countries.

On Camera

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

In a first, Indian small arms maker to bid for UK Project Grayburn to replace British Army’s SA80 rifles

Bengaluru-based SSS Defence has made public its bid for a major foreign military contract, targeting UK’s ambitious SA80 successor programme with its home-tested weapons.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.