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On 12 July 2022, at the Japanese Embassy in Bangkok, Prime Minister General Prayuth Chan-o-cha signed a book of condolences for the late forme (confirmed by 3 sources) [1]

In December 2012, Shinzo Abe surprised Japan's political establishment by surging back to power. The surprise rested in the widely held view that his earlier scandal-plagued 366 days as prime minister in 2006-07 had been a complete dud. (confirmed by 3 sources) [2]

TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Teflon coating appears to be wearing thin as his government struggles to contain the scandal over a shady land sale to a nationalist school operator. [3]

TOKYO -- Japan's governing Liberal Democratic Party has revised its party rules, giving Prime Minister Abe a chance to serve a third term for a total of nine years until September 2021. [4]

TOKYO -- By a strange coincidence, former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe died at 67, the same age as his father, onetime Foreign Minister Shintaro Abe. [5]

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[1] TH www.pattayamail.com · 2022-07-13 · 100% match

Thai PM signs book of condolences on loss of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe

On 12 July 2022, at the Japanese Embassy in Bangkok, Prime Minister General Prayuth Chan-o-cha signed a book of condolences for the late forme

[2] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2019-11-18 · 100% match

Abe lacks enduring success as Japan's longest-serving prime minister

In December 2012, Shinzo Abe surprised Japan's political establishment by surging back to power. The surprise rested in the widely held view that his earlier scandal-plagued 366 days as prime minister in 2006-07 had been a complete dud.

[3] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-03-30 · 100% match

Shinzo Abe and the scandal that won't die

TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Teflon coating appears to be wearing thin as his government struggles to contain the scandal over a shady land sale to a nationalist school operator.

[4] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-03-06 · 100% match

Rebound in approval rating buoys Prime Minister Abe's confidence

TOKYO -- Japan's governing Liberal Democratic Party has revised its party rules, giving Prime Minister Abe a chance to serve a third term for a total of nine years until September 2021.

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2022-07-09 · 100% match

Shinzo Abe, a skillful statesman, showed the world 'Japan is back'

TOKYO -- By a strange coincidence, former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe died at 67, the same age as his father, onetime Foreign Minister Shintaro Abe.

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2020-09-12 · 100% match

Book review: Shinzo Abe's sudden resignation leaves a legacy unfinished

While Shinzo Abe has overtaken his great-uncle (Eisaku Sato, 2,798 days) as the longest consecutive serving prime minister, as the world now knows, a chronic intestinal disease has finally forced his resignation.

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2014-11-27 · 100% match

Learning from past prime ministers

TOKYO -- After two years in office, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has decided the time is right to exercise his prerogative. On Nov. 21, he dissolved the lower house of parliament.

[8] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-09-25 · 100% match

Shinzo Abe's selfish Japan election gamble

Shinzo Abe's government is under assault from all sides: Kim Jong Un's missile threats, Donald Trump's trade war barbs, cronyism scandals and underperforming economic policies. What is an embattled Japanese leader to do? Hold an election, of course.

[9] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2020-04-11 · 100% match

Coronavirus: Week of Apr. 5 to Apr. 11, Global death toll reaches 100,000

The Nikkei Asian Review is tracking the spread of the new coronavirus that originated in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. Follow the latest updates. Global cases have reached 1,569,504, according to the World Health Organization.

[10] TH www.pattayamail.com · 2022-07-09 · 100% match

Thailand, ASEAN to make statements on attack against late Japanese PM Shinzo Abe

The foreign affairs minister said Thailand would contact other member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to prepare a joint stateme

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