The Latest Breaking News from Shinzo Abe

Sentencing comes three and a half years after Abe was killed while delivering a speech in Nara in July 2022

Abe was killed by Tetsuya Yamagami in 2022 while campaigning in the city of Nara, a shooting that shocked Japan, where gun crime is almost unheard of

Though China and Japan are experienced in dealing with diplomatic crises, relations between the two neighbours appear to have reached a new low. And this time, their conflict may not be easily resolved.

Abe’s assassin says he has caused ‘three and a half years of suffering’ to Abe family

Tensions are rising between China and Japan again over a dispute in the East China Sea. Such tensions are usually over the Senkaku Islands, an uninhabited chain administered by Japan but claimed by China. The current row, however, stems from international anxiety over a possible Chinese invasion of democratically ruled…

Japan’s hawkish new PM has angered Beijing after suggesting her country could become involved in a military conflict between China and Taiwan

Japan's new conservative leader has stirred tensions with China, leading to a diplomatic rift

Japan moves closer to openly linking Taiwan’s security to its own as China responds with thinly veiled threats

Uncertainty surrounds the signing of this week’s trade deals amid the failure to secure reciprocity from the US to cut tariffs