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.
Thousands of mourners flooded to the venue from early morning, despite the state-funeral initially attracting protesters. Abe was a divisive figure, 'an unapologetic nationalist.'
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.'
China's 5G rollout along LAC disrupting Indian Army plans. And Chinese social media is full of posts 'celebrating' ex-Japanese PM Shinzo Abe’s assassination.
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’.
'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.
India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
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