World News - TOKYO - Former Japanese leader Shinzo Abe died on Friday (July 8) after he was shot during a rally speech in Nara prefecture in western Japan. The death of the former prime minister was confirmed by Liberal Democratic Party officials to domestic. Read more at www.tnp.sg
TOKYO (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is scheduled to address the nation at 2.30pm (1.30pm Singapore time) on Friday (July 8), on the shocking shooting of former prime minister Shinzo Abe.
World News - TOKYO - Former Japanese leader Shinzo Abe died on Friday (July 8) after he was shot during a rally speech in Nara prefecture in western Japan. The death of the former prime minister was confirmed by Liberal Democratic Party officials to domestic. Read more at www.tnp.sg
More than a dozen opposition parties are running in Sunday’s parliamentary elections, but they are no match for Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s behemoth Liberal Democratic Party, which has reigned postwar Japan almost without interruption