Tag: Abe Shinzo

Hundreds of Foreign Dignitaries Expected to Attend State Funeral for Japan’s Slain Ex-PM Shinzo Abe

August 23, 2022
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Preparations are continuing for the state funeral of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe who was assassinated on July 8. The funeral—Japan’s second full-state funeral since World War II—is scheduled for Sept. 27 at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo. A private funeral for Abe, 67, was held on July 12, just days after he was killed…

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Blinken to Stop in Tokyo on Monday to Pay Respects After Abe Assassination

July 10, 2022
Abe ShinzoAntony BlinkenAsia & PacificExecutive BranchPoliticsrespectUSUS NewsWorld
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BANGKOK—U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will make a previously unscheduled stop in Tokyo on Monday to offer condolences to the Japanese people after the assasination of former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo, the State Department said on Sunday. Blinken will meet with senior Japanese officials, the State Department said in a statement. He was in…

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