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TOKYO -- In her first month in office, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi often borrowed from her late mentor Shinzo Abe's playbook, adopting a top-down approach in areas including fiscal spending, strategic investment and defense. [2]

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 2 sources) [3]

Your Thoughts … ၂၀၁၇ အောက်တိုဘာလအတွင်း ဂျပန်ဝန်ကြီးချုပ် ရှင်ဇိုအာဘေနှင့်အတူ/Reuters Your Thoughts … No Result View All Result Founded in 1993 by a group of Myanmar journalists living in exile in Thailand, The Irrawaddy is a leading source of reliabl... [4]

TOKYO -- Prime Minister Shinzo Abe enters the seventh year of his second run as the Japanese leader Wednesday, advancing closer to an all-time record for days served in the nation's top political office. (confirmed by 2 sources) [5]

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. [6]

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. [7]

TOKYO—Japan’s neighbors, including China, South Korea and Russia, on Wednesday voiced eagerness to improve ties with Tokyo after Yoshihide Suga assumed the post of prime minister, replacing Shinzo Abe, who was regarded as a hawkish conservative. [8]

WASHINGTON -- The state funeral of late Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated in July, sparked controversy among Japanese citizens, as he is only the second former prime minister to be given this ceremony in postwar Japan. [9]

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[1] MM www.scmp.com · 2026-03-26 · 65% match

Sanae Takaichi

[2] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-11-22 · 62% match

1 month in, Takaichi's hands-on leadership echoes Abe's governing style

TOKYO -- In her first month in office, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi often borrowed from her late mentor Shinzo Abe's playbook, adopting a top-down approach in areas including fiscal spending, strategic investment and defense.

[3] TH www.pattayamail.com · 2022-07-13 · 75% 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

[4] MM burma.irrawaddy.com · 2018-01-30 · 75% match

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe review a guard of honor at Abe’s official residence in Tokyo

Your Thoughts … ၂၀၁၇ အောက်တိုဘာလအတွင်း ဂျပန်ဝန်ကြီးချုပ် ရှင်ဇိုအာဘေနှင့်အတူ/Reuters Your Thoughts … No Result View All Result Founded in 1993 by a group of Myanmar journalists living in exile in Thailand, The Irrawaddy is a leading source of reliabl

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2018-12-26 · 75% match

Japan's Abe kicks off year 7 as prime minister

TOKYO -- Prime Minister Shinzo Abe enters the seventh year of his second run as the Japanese leader Wednesday, advancing closer to an all-time record for days served in the nation's top political office.

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-03-30 · 75% 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.

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-03-06 · 75% 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.

[8] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2020-09-17 · 75% match

Japan’s Neighbors Hope to Improve Ties as Suga Succeeds Abe as Prime Minister

TOKYO—Japan’s neighbors, including China, South Korea and Russia, on Wednesday voiced eagerness to improve ties with Tokyo after Yoshihide Suga assumed the post of prime minister, replacing Shinzo Abe, who was regarded as a hawkish conservative.

[9] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2022-09-27 · 75% match

Abe left difficult questions for Japan prime ministers: Tobias Harris

WASHINGTON -- The state funeral of late Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated in July, sparked controversy among Japanese citizens, as he is only the second former prime minister to be given this ceremony in postwar Japan.

[10] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2015-09-29 · 75% match

Monetary easing likely to stay amid vague promises from prime minister

TOKYO -- Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's recent remarks about deflation have led to market speculation that he no longer puts much weight on monetary expansion in his economic policy.

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