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Trial of former PM Abe’s accused killer expected to begin on Oct 28

Trial of former PM Abe’s accused killer expected to begin on Oct 28

The trial of a man accused of assassinating former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2022 is expected to begin on Oct 28, sources at the Nara District Court said on Thursday. Tetsuya Yamagami, 44, is accused of fatally shooting Abe with a homemade gun while he gave a...

Sushi diplomacy: Japan’s foreign relations trump card is its food

Sushi diplomacy: Japan’s foreign relations trump card is its food

PMs from Abe to Ishiba have tailored state dinners to individual foreign leaders As Japan faces a security environment that Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba says is the most complex since the end of World War II, the country has been relying on a diplomatic tactic it has...