According to reports out of Japanese public broadcaster NHK, former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe was shot during a political rally in the city of Nara. Abe passed away shortly after at the age of 67. Abe was speaking in support of a local candidate …Read more »
Earlier this week former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe received the Olympic Order award for his work toward the (unfortunately postponed) Tokyo 2020 Olympics. There was another former Japanese prime minister at the event: Yoshiro Mori, who had convinced Abe to dress like Super Mario …Read more »
The former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe recently talked about his experience dressing up as Mario from the Super Mario Bros. for the closing ceremony of the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. “To be honest, when [Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee head Yoshiro] Mori first came …Read more »
It’s-a-me, Shinzo! With the 2016 Olympic Games wrapping up in Rio, the next time the summer games happen in 2020, they’ll be held in Tokyo. To receive the metaphorical baton, Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike and prime minister Shinzo Abe both showed up in Rio, the …Read more »
United States President Barack Obama was feeling particularly grateful while welcoming Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to the White House. He thanked the PM for a handful of Japan's key cultural contributions to the United States, including, of course, manga and anime. Here's what Obama …Read more »
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