The Day the Sun Fell
2015
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Shinzo (center) with his family and grandfather Nobusuke Kishi (4th left), who influenced Abe's beliefs. Shinzo Abe was born on 21 September 1954 to a prominent political family in Shinjuku, Tokyo. [2] Although as a boy he aspired to become a filmmaker, Abe's family history led him upon a political path. [3]
- Junichiro Koizumi
On 8 July 2022, Shinzo Abe, the former prime minister of Japan and a serving member of the Japanese House of Representatives, was shot to death while speaking at a political event outside Yamato-Saidaiji Station in Nara City, Nara Prefecture. [3] [4] [5] Abe was delivering a campaign speech for a Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) candidate when he ...
- 8 July 2022; 14 months ago, c. 11:30 am (JST)
- Shinzo Abe
- near Yamato-Saidaiji Station, Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan
Jul 8, 2022 · Shinzo Abe is a third-generation nationalist leader who, in eight years at the country’s helm starting in 2012, sought to revive Japan’s stagnant economy and restore some of the country’s ...
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- Emily Cochrane
Jul 9, 2022 · A car believed to be carrying the body of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe left the Nara Medical University Hospital in Japan's Nara prefecture before 6 a.m. local time on Saturday, the ...
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Jul 8, 2022 · Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks moments before being shot in front of the Yamato-Saidaiji Station in Nara, Japan, on Friday, July 8. Abe lies on the ground after being shot. Abe is carried ...
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Jul 8, 2022 · Shinzo Abe was born on Sept. 21, 1954, in Tokyo to Shintaro and Yoko Abe. His mother was the daughter of Nobusuke Kishi, who had been accused of war crimes by the occupying Americans, but who was ...
Apr 30, 2024 · Shinzo Abe, Japanese politician who twice was prime minister of Japan (2006–07 and 2012–20). He led his country on a politically conservative course, and one of his chief policy goals was a modification of Japan’s pacifist postwar constitution. He became Japan’s longest-serving prime minister in November 2019.
