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China
Video of Chinese students reenacting Shinzo Abe assassination stirs debate
A high school play performed during a school event in China has caused a stir online after a short video of the presentation, in which the s...
Bryan Ke
Crime
24-year-old man arrested for throwing pipe bomb at Japan PM Kishida
A 24-year-old man was arrested for throwing an explosive device at Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during a campaign event in western ...
Michelle De Pacina
Mother of Shinzo Abe shooter says she feels sorry for causing trouble for the Unification Church
The mother of the suspect involved in the fatal shooting of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has apologized for causing trouble fo...
Ryan General
Shinzo Abe’s assassin forced to give up college after mother’s $722,000 donation to Unification Church, says uncle
The uncle of Shinzo Abe’s suspected shooter Tetsuya Yamagami stated that Yamagami’s mother had donated approximately 100 million yen ($721,...
Jane Nam
Japan
Game designer Hideo Kojima responds to being misidentified as Shinzo Abe’s assassin
Hideo Kojima, the creator of the popular “Metal Gear Solid” video game series, responded to being incorrectly identified as the assassin of...
Shinzo Abe assassin reveals he shot the former Japan PM over ‘grudge’ against Unification Church
Tetsuya Yamagami, the 41-year-old man arrested for the assassination of Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, told police he held “a gr...
Media
NBC mistakenly shows South Korean flags in report on former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe’s assassination
On Friday, NBC’s “Today” show aired a clip of South Korean flags during its report of the former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s assas...
Former Japan PM Shinzo Abe’s death celebrated by some Chinese netizens with champagne emojis
Screenshots from China’s social media platforms — WeChat and Weibo — revealed some Chinese netizens to be celebrating the assassination of ...
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe assassinated
Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe died less than six hours after being shot in the chest and neck while delivering a speech at a cam...
News
Former Factory Worker Becomes Japan’s New Prime Minister
Yoshihide Suga, a former cardboard factory worker and strawberry farmer’s son, has been elected as Japan’s new prime minister on...
Trump Reportedly Used Fake Asian Accent to Mock Asian Leaders at Fundraiser
U.S. President Donald Trump is facing new accusations of racism after allegedly faking an Asian accent to mock South Korea and Japan at a fu...
Carl Samson
Shinzo Abe Struggles to Get Trump’s Attention for Awkward Handshake
United States President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe just shared an awkward encounter while exchanging handshakes in ...
Asia
Japan May Make It Illegal to Spank Kids When Disciplining Them
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his cabinet members have recently submitted a bill that makes it illegal for parents to hit their chi...
Politics
Okinawans Call on Donald Trump to Stop Building Military Bases on Their Island
Despite strong opposition from locals, Japan’s central government initiated main reclamation work Friday at a United States military base re...
Celebrity Chef Serves Japan’s Prime Minister The Most Offensive Dessert Possible for a Japanese Person
When Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife Akie Abe joined Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and wife Sara for dinner duri...
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is Now on Instagram
For the first time ever since his first appointment as Japan’s prime minister in 2006 – and his second in 2012 – Shinzo Abe has finally anno...
Japanese Burger Chain Sells Out of Burgers Because of Donald Trump
The Japanese hamburger chain that served U.S. President Donald Trump while visiting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has quickly sold out in T...
Kyle Encina
Japanese Prime Minister Falls While Playing Golf With Donald Trump
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reportedly lost his balance and fell in a bunker sand during a round of golf with President Donald Trump ...
Food
Donald Trump Refuses to Eat Any Japanese Food During Trip to Japan
Donald Trump once said during a 1990 trip to Japan that he would not eat “f***ing raw fish” and opted for a McDonald’s ham...
Max Chang
Entertainment
Japan is Getting Pikotaro to Meet With Donald Trump During Visit
Japan is pulling all the stops to give United States President Donald Trump a memorable time by having the outlandish Pikotaro entertain him...
Japan Calls For a World Without Nuclear Weapons on 72nd Anniversary of Hiroshima Bombing
August 6th, 1945; a day that will forever live in infamy. The day that the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, ob...
Heather Johnson Yu
Japan’s First Lady Avoids Talking to Trump By Pretending Not to Know English For 2 Hours
Japan’s First Lady won major internet points after finding a way to avoid talking to Donald Trump at the recent G20 summit — by pretending n...
Trump’s Administration Is Having Trouble Telling Asians Apart
On July 7th and 8th, 2017, the G20 Summit took place in Hamburg, Germany. The G20 Summit, or Group of Twenty, is composed of 19 countries, i...
Editorial Staff
Trump Gives the Most Cringeworthy Handshake of All Time to Japan’s Prime Minister
Donald Trump had an awkward moment with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe inside the White House after the Japanese leader offered to shak...
Watch The Hilarious Moment Donald Trump Pretends To Know Japanese
US President Donald Trump looked very attentive while Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe delivered his opening remarks during a press confer...
Business
Why Ivanka Trump Sat in On Her Father’s Meeting with Japan’s Prime Minister
As Ivanka Trump sat in on a November meeting with Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, she was reportedly finishing up a deal between her clot...
Khier Casino
Japan Prime Minister Gifts Donald Trump With a $3,755 Golf Club That’s Made in China
During a recent meeting between the two heads of state, Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gave U.S. President-elect Donald Trump a beautiful...
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