Die LDP regiert Japan seit Jahrzehnten fast ununterbrochen. Einige Parteimitglieder, die in den Parteispendenskandal verwickelt sind, hatte die LDP nicht als offizielle Kandidaten für die Wahl zugelassen. Mehrere von ihnen verloren Prognosen zufolge ihre Sitze. Diejenigen, denen die Unterstützung der LDP verweigert wurde, hatten enge Beziehungen zum ermordeten Ministerpräsidenten Shinzo Abe, der auch nach seinem Rücktritt als Parteivorsitzender 2020 erheblichen Einfluss auf die LDP ausgeübt hatte.
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Former Prime Minister Abe dies after being shot while campaigning in Nara
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, 67, is dead after being shot on Friday while delivering a stump speech in the western city of Nara two days ahead of a national election, a ruling party source said.
Japan‘s longest-serving prime minister was attacked by a 41-year-old man from behind at around 11:30 a.m. when he was speaking in front of Kintetsu Railway‘s Yamato-Saidaiji Station, police said, adding he collapsed to the ground after two shots were heard. He was rushed to hospital with blood seen on his shirt.
Japan: Anschlag auf Ex-Regierungschef Abe
Der Sender NHK berichtete unter Berufung auf Quellen aus dem japanischen Verteidigungsministerium, der Schütze sei ein ehemaliger Soldat. Die von ihm verwendete Waffe habe er selbst gebaut.
Ex-PM Abe shot from behind while campaigning in Nara
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot during a campaign speech Friday in Nara and was airlifted to a hospital but he was not breathing and his heart had stopped, officials said.
Local fire department official Makoto Morimoto said Abe was in a state of cardiopulmonary arrest after being taken to a prefectural hospital.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno told reporters that police arrested an alleged male shooter at the scene. He was identified as Tetsuya Yamagami, a 41-year-old resident of Nara and former member of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.
2021広島平和記念式典 Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony
8月6日午前8時15分を私たちは忘れない。
広島平和記念公園の原爆死没者慰霊碑前で行われる平和記念式典。
今年も昨年に引き続き、新型コロナウイルス感染防止のため、式典は招待者のみに参列者を絞って行われます。
76 Jahre danach: Keine Schweigeminute für Hiroshima bei Olympia
Durch den Abwurf der Atombombe auf Hiroshima wurden am 6. August 1945 etwa 140.000 Menschen getötet.
Japan PM Wants First-Strike Capabilities
Outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo has taken the Japanese defenses policy away from its post-war pacifism to a growing military with an increasingly loose sense of self-defense. A week before stepping down, he’s talking taking it a step farther.
Who is next after Abe? Potential successors
His resignation will trigger an election in his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to replace him as its president, followed by a vote in the Diet to elect a new prime minister.
Japans Premier Abe kündigte Rücktritt offiziell an
Er werde sein Amt wegen einer Darmerkrankung niederlegen, sagte Abe.
Shinzo Abe, Japan’s Longest-Serving Leader, to Resign Because of Illness
During his second period in office, which began in late 2012, Mr. Abe survived a few influence-peddling scandals and rode out numerous elections. In 2015, he pushed through contentious security legislation that permitted Japanese troops to engage in overseas combat missions alongside allied forces, as part of “collective self-defense.”
Abe to declare state of emergency for Tokyo, 6 prefectures
An emergency, which Abe said would last about a month, will give governors authority to call on people to stay at home and businesses to close, but will not be as restrictive as lockdowns in some other countries.
Opposition grills LDP on risks facing Japan‘s SDF mission to Mideast
“Rule of law is extremely important for Japan. (The government) should not accept what the U.S. argues just because it is the U.S. that says so,” Gemba said.
Japan‘s Abe prioritizes economy, urges debate on Constitution in policy speech
„Let us fulfill our responsibility as Diet members to the people,“ Abe told the session, with reference to the politically and socially divisive issue of changing Japan‘s pacifist charter for the first time since World War II.
Buhari seek Japanese support to combat piracy in Gulf of Guinea, as Nigeria and EU sign development MOU
President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Yokohama, Japan, sought the support of the Asian government in combating piracy in the Gulf of Guinea as well as illegal fishing in that region.
Japan, U.S. negotiators fail to reach agreement on trade
Thursday’s talks followed a five and a half hour meeting on Wednesday, suggesting negotiators were making last-minute efforts to reach some agreement when Japanese and U.S. leaders meet on the sidelines of a weekend Group of Seven summit in France.
Motegi said he will fly straight to France and may join the meeting between Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Donald Trump, where the two will likely discuss trade among other topics.
(3rd LD) S. Korea expresses ‚deep concerns‘ over Abe‘s offering to controversial war shrine
„The government expresses deep concerns over responsible leaders of the Japanese government and parliament sending offerings and paying respects again at the Yasukuni Shrine that glorifies Japan‘s past colonial plunder and war of invasion and enshrines war criminals,“ Seoul‘s foreign ministry said in a press release.
Japan‘s Abe skips Yasukuni shrine visit but sends offering
Past visits by Japanese leaders to Yasukuni have outraged South Korea and China because the shrine honours 14 Japanese wartime leaders convicted as war criminals.
Pentagon chief Mark Esper urges Japan to help protect shipping in Persian Gulf
“Any and every country that has an interest in freedom of navigation and freedom of commerce needs to really consider (being) involved in this type of monitoring of the strait,” he told reporters Tuesday, while en route to Tokyo for talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya.
Japan not now considering sending military for U.S.-proposed maritime coalition: Suga
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday that before making a decision on joining the United States, Japan wants to fulfill what it sees as a unique role it has to play in reducing tension.
Oberhauswahl: Japans Regierungspartei vor deutlichem Sieg
Auch wenn viele Japaner mit der Regierung unzufrieden sind, kann Ministerpräsident Abe offenbar einen deutlichen Wahlsieg verbuchen. Damit steigen seine Chancen, die pazifistische Verfassung zu ändern.
U.S. in call seeks to ease dispute between S Korea, Japan
Japan said last week it would end expedited shipments of chemical compounds used by South Korean companies in the manufacture of microchips and smartphones.
Tokyo is angry at South Korean court rulings that Japanese firms must compensate forced laborers from Japan‘s 1910-1945 rule of the peninsula.
Abe, Putin make little progress on territorial dispute
Their failure to find common ground means the signing of a formal peace treaty more than 70 years after World War II is still not in sight,
Editorial: UN special rapporteur indicates freedom of expression in Japan in danger; infringing on freedom of expression is inexcusable
(07.06.2019)
The report also expresses concern over the pressure the government is applying on the protests against the new base construction in Okinawa, and advised against infringing on the freedom to demonstrate in opposition of public policy, and suggested the government cooperate with the protests and related journalism.
The new report once again criticizes the Japanese government, stating that almost none of the previous report’s recommendations have been implemented.
U.S. blames Iran for attacks on tankers, including one operated by a Japanese firm, near Persian Gulf
WASHINGTON/TOKYO – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Thursday that the U.S. government blames Iran for attacks on two oil tankers — including one operated by a Tokyo-based company — near the Persian Gulf, casting it as the latest in a series of “provocative actions” that have sharply raised tensions in the region.
Iran‘s supreme leader tells Abe Trump ‚not worthy‘ of a reply to message
„I do not see Trump as worthy of any message exchange, and I do not have any reply for him, now or in future,“ Iranian state media quoted Khamenei as telling the Japanese premier.
Japan’s Shinzo Abe arrives in Iran. Analysts ask what message he might bear from Trump
(12.06.2019)
Abe lately hosted Trump when he paid a state visit to Japan, with the US President encouraging Japan’s PM—the first Japanese leader to come to Iran in 41 years—to engage in some diplomacy between Washington and Tehran.
BREAKING: Shinzo Abe arrives in Tehran, first Japanese premier to visit Iran since 1979 Islamic Revolution.
(12.06.2019)
Trump nicht einverstanden mit Abe hinsichtlich Nordkoreas Raketenstarts
Die „Washington Post“ schrieb, dass Trump Nordkoreas Machthaber Kim Jong-un den Rücken gestärkt habe, indem er dem Nationalen Sicherheitsberater John Bolton und sogar Abe öffentlich widersprochen habe.
Trump expects Japan‘s military to reinforce United States in Asia and beyond
Japan last year unveiled a plan to buy 45 more F-35 stealth fighters, including some B variants, worth about $4 billion, adding to the 42 jets it has already ordered.
Earthquake strikes Tokyo ahead of Trump’s visit to Japan
President Trump’s trip to Japan started with a bang – a magnitude-5.1 earthquake centered near the golf course where he and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe are set to play golf Sunday.
The temblor, which rattled Tokyo just hours before Trump’s arrival, briefly halted nearby bullet trains, but did not derail the leaders’ plans for their first meeting of the four-day visit, which will take place at the Mobara Country Club in Chiba.
Trump arrives in Tokyo; meets Japanese business leaders
U.S. President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, landed in Japan on Saturday on a largely ceremonial visit meant to showcase strong ties with Tokyo even as trade tensions loom.
John Bolton Says North Korea Missile Testing Violates UN Resolutions
National security adviser John Bolton said Saturday that sanctions against North Korea must be kept in place after the rogue country violated a United Nations Security Council resolution when it test-fired short-range missiles last week. The Associated Press reported that Bolton, speaking in Tokyo ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump’s state visit, also defended the U.S. seizure of a North Korean cargo ship May 14.
PM Abe says Japan wants to develop ties with Iran
Japan would like to maintain, and develop, its traditionally friendly ties with Iran, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Thursday. At the start of a meeting in the Japanese capital, Abe also told Zarif that he was concerned about growing tension in the Middle East.
Russia rules out negotiating peace treaty with Japan on Tokyo‘s terms
Russia‘s Foreign Minister has ruled out negotiating a peace treaty with Japan on Tokyo‘s terms. That after the Japanese premier told his parliament that was his aim.
Brexit: Japan‘s PM says ‚wish of whole world‘ to avoid no-deal
t comes as Honda UK announced a six-day post Brexit shut down.
The Japanese-owned car giant said the move was to ensure it could adjust to „all possible outcomes caused by logistics and border issues“.
Japan to sign peace treaty with Russia, Abe says
„Relations with Russia are in abnormal state. The two countries have been without a peace treaty for more than 70 years,“ he said. The prime minister noted that the agreements reached during Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Japan in December 2016 are being gradually implemented.
Abe sets off on 5-day European tour
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe left Tuesday for a five-day European tour that will take him to Spain, France and Belgium, during which he will attend a biennial conference and hold talks with world leaders.
LIVE: Pressekonferenz von Putin und Abe beim Östlichen Wirtschaftsforum in Wladiwostok
Zu den diesjährigen Hauptgästen gehören neben dem japanischen Premierminister der Präsident der Volksrepublik China, Xi Jinping, der Präsident der Mongolei Chaltmaagiin Battulga und der Premierminister der Republik Korea, Lee Nak-yeon.
Russia: Putin and Abe meet ahead of Eastern Economic Forum
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Shinzo Abe, Shigeru Ishiba in the running for vote to decide Japan‘s Prime Minister until 2021
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and one-time defence minister Shigeru Ishiba were formally nominated to compete in an internal Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) election on Sept 20 that will decide who will be its President for the next three years.
As the LDP is Japan‘s ruling party, the winner will be prime minister until 2021.
Shinzo Abe indicates he wants to revise Japan’s pacifist constitution
However in his speech to the SDF’s top brass at the defence Ministry, Abe stopped short of directly mentioning amending the constitution, which took effect in 1947.
But repeatedly over the past year, Abe has called for adding an explicit reference to the SDF in the war-renouncing Article 9, so that there is no room to view Japan’s military as “unconstitutional”.
S. Korean intelligence chief Suh Hoon to brief Japan PM on N. Korea visit
The director of South Korea‘s National Intelligence Agency, Suh Hoon, is due to meet tomorrow with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo… to brief him on his recent visit to North Korea. Suh left for Tokyo this morning. It‘s expected that he‘ll convey Kim Jong-un‘s reported willingness to denuclearize and ask for Japan‘s support in reviving talks between Pyongyang and Washington to that end.
Präsident Moon schickt Sondergesandte nach China und Japan
Der Geheimdienstchef wird am Montag nach Japan fliegen und dort Ministerpräsident Shinzo Abe treffen. Er will am Dienstag nach Südkorea zurückkehren.
Japan and North Korea held secret meeting as Shinzo Abe ‚loses trust‘ in Donald Trump
Japan held a “secret” meeting with North Korea in Vietnam in July without informing the United States, according to media reports.
Talks were reportedly held between Shigeru Kitamura, head of Japan’s Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office, and Kim Song-hye, a senior North Korean official in charge of reunification.
Japan‘s Abe to cancel Iran trip over U.S. pressure on Tehran: Kyodo
The visit to Iran would have been the first by a Japanese leader in 40 years, forming part of Abe’s scheduled tour through the Middle East from July 11, Kyodo said.
How the Finance Ministry Was Corrupted
The document forgery scandal shaking Japanese democracy would not have occurred a decade ago, and it is important to understand how and why the Finance Ministry was so deeply corrupted during the Shinzo Abe era.
The Prime Minister’s Office has been gaining strength vis-a-vis the National Diet and the bureaucracy since the 1990s, which was a movement originally led by Ichiro Ozawa, advanced significantly by Junichiro Koizumi, but really brought into its own in the Abe era.
Japan‘s finance minister returns salary over land scandal
An inquiry found that references to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife were removed from papers relating to a controversial sale of state land.
Taro Aso accepted that the scandal „hurt“ public confidence in the ministry and the government.