TOKYO, Japan -- The man accused of killing former prime minister Shinzo Abe was indicted on Friday, a Japanese court said, after a lengthy psychiatric review found him fit to stand trial. Tetsuya Yamagami was detained immediately after the former Japanese premier was gunned down last July while...
The Senate on Wednesday, July 27 passed a resolution expressing the profound sympathy and sincere condolences of the chamber on the death of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri and Senators Ramon ‘’Bong’’ Revilla Jr., Ronald ‘’Bato’’ dela...
TOKYO, Japan -- Japan will hold a state funeral for assassinated former prime minister Shinzo Abe on September 27, the government announced Friday, with foreign leaders expected to attend. People line up to place flowers at a makeshift memorial outside Yamato-Saidaiji Station, where former Japanese...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo The assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has shocked not only the people of Japan but also leaders from around the world. The untimely demise of Japan’s longest-serving prime minister has also put the spotlight once again on his legacy. Abe is...
Senator Manuel “Lito” Lapid has filed a resolution expressing profound sympathy and sincere condolences on the passing of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated at a political rally in Japan earlier this month. Sen. Lito Lapid Lapid filed the resolution last July 12,...
On behalf of the Philippine Senate, acting Senate President Pro Tempore Juan Miguel Zubiri expressed condolences for the tragic passing of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. ‘’I had visited the Residence of Japanese Ambassador Koshikawa Kazuhiko this morning to sign the Book of...
Several Philippine officials on Monday paid their last respects to former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe at the residence of the Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines in Makati City. Among those who went to Ambassador Koshikawa Kazuhiko's residence were Vice President Sara Duterte and...
Vice President Sara Duterte on Monday, July 11, sent her condolences to the Japanese government and people for the demise of the country’s longest-serving prime minister, Shinzo Abe, and condemned what she called the “senseless violence” that led to it. In a Facebook post, Duterte shared...
The world reeled from the shock of the news of the assassination, and after a few hours, the passing of former Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. He was 67. It was indeed a shock as gun violence is rare in Japan and the manner the crime was done was an aberration in a society that reveres its elders....
Taguig Mayor Lani Cayetano mourned the death of Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated on July 8. Abe, 67, was speaking on a street in Nara Prefecture when he was shot by a man identified as Yamagami Tetsuya, 41, a resident of Nara City and was a member of the Maritime...
TOKYO, Japan -- The suspected killer of Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe admitted targeting the politician and said he held a grudge against an organisation he believed Abe was connected to, police said Friday. Senior police officers in the western region of Nara, where the murder took...
Former President Rodrigo Duterte is saddened by the death of former Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo, a leader whom he described as instrumental in the Philippines' robust ties with Japan. File photo of former President Rodrigo Duterte greeting former Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo when the...
