Jul 31 Japanese video journalist detained at Myanmar protest march By Grant Peck, Associated Press Toru Kubota, a Tokyo-based documentary filmmaker, was arrested on Saturday by plainclothes police after a flash protest in Yangon, according to Typ Fone, a leader of the group Yangon Democratic Youth Strike, which organized the rally. Continue reading
Jul 24 Watch 2:48 News Wrap: Pope to ask forgiveness for historical abuse of Native children in Canada In our news wrap Sunday, Pope Francis landed in Canada, where he will ask forgiveness from Indigenous communities for historical abuses of Native children at residential schools once run by the Catholic Church. Also, President Biden's physician says his COVID… Continue watching
Jul 24 Japan’s Sakurajima volcano erupts as nearby residents are advised to evacuate By Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press Footage on Japan’s NHK public television showed orange flames flashing near the crater and dark smoke of ash billowing from the mountaintop high up into the night sky. Continue reading
Jul 11 Days after Abe’s assassination, party vows to complete his goal of changing pacifist constitution By Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press Days after his assassination, former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's party vowed to use its sizable victory in a parliamentary election to achieve his unfinished goals. Continue reading
Jul 10 Japan votes in pivotal election after Abe assassination By Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press Exit polls for the election for the parliament's upper house showed Abe's governing party certain to win a major victory, possibly propelled by what is seen as a wave of sympathy votes in a country still reeling from the shock… Continue reading
Jul 09 As Japan mourns, Abe’s death raises security questions By Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press Abe was shot in the western city of Nara on Friday and airlifted to a hospital but died of blood loss. Police arrested the attacker, a former member of Japan's navy, at the scene. Police confiscated his homemade gun and… Continue reading
Jul 08 Watch 3:41 Assassination of Japan’s former PM Shinzo Abe sends shock waves across the world By Phoebe Amoroso, Shoshana Dubnow Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was gunned down Friday during a stump speech for a legislative candidate he was supporting. Abe was Japan's prime minister two separate times, with his second stint lasting from 2012 until 2020, when he… Continue watching
Jul 08 Watch 5:38 Remembering the life and legacy of Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Authorities in Japan said a 41-year-old man who formerly served in the Japanese Navy was responsible for the death of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was shot dead with a homemade gun in a nation that has largely eliminated… Continue watching
Jul 08 Former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe assassinated during a speech By Mari Yamaguchi, Foster Klug, Chisato Tanaka, Associated Press Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated on a street in western Japan by a gunman who opened fire on him from behind as he delivered a campaign speech. Continue reading
Jul 07 Shinzo Abe, former Prime Minister of Japan, reportedly shot during campaign speech By Associated Press NHK public television says Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was in heart failure after apparently being shot during a campaign speech in western Japan. NHK says Abe was rushed to a hospital Friday. A male suspect was captured at… Continue reading