It was a year when death came abruptly to what otherwise were days of communal celebrations; when Britain lost a queen and Japan, its former premier; when inept leaders – corrupted by hubris – fell; and when nature again refused to be ignored. It was a year of another devastating war in Europe.

From the moment he appeared on the world stage, Shinzo Abe, Japan’s most compelling politician in a generation, was cut from a different cloth.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (July 8, 2022) expressed deep shock at former Japanese premier Shinzo Abe’s assassination, calling his sudden demise a great loss for Japan and the world.

Shinzo Abe, the former Japanese prime minister, was shot today (July 8, 2022) while speaking at an election rally. Soon after, the man identified as the shooter was taken into custody.

Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot during a campaign speech Friday in western Japan and was airlifted to a hospital but he was not breathing and his heart had stopped, officials said.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrives at Japanese Prime Minister's Office to hold a bilateral meeting with her Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe at his office.

Japan's new imperial era when Crown Prince Naruhito becomes emperor on May 1 will be called Reiwa, the government says, with the country's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe saying it emphasized traditional values at a turning point in Japan's history.

US President Donald Trump ramped up his tough rhetoric against North Korea when he arrived in Japan on Sunday, saying that the United States and its allies are prepared to defend freedom and that “no dictator” should underestimate US resolve.

Millions of Japanese brave typhoon conditions for a snap election likely to hand Prime Minister Shinzo Abe a fresh mandate to revive the world's third-largest economy and press his hardline stance on North Korea.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says he would dissolve parliament's lower house on Thursday for a snap election, as he seeks a fresh mandate to overcome "a national crisis".

The honorable Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina made an official visit to Japan from May 25-28, 2016, upon an invitation from the Prime Minister of Japan, H.E. Mr. Shinzo Abe...

Japan yesterday assured Bangladesh that it would fulfil its commitment to provide $6 billion, of which $1.5 billion would be released this year. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gave the assurance during an official bilateral meeting with his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina in Nagoya.

US President Barack Obama is to visit Hiroshima, where the US dropped the world's first nuclear bomb.

Nearly 250,000 people have been told to leave their homes amid fears of further quakes in Japan, an aid agency says.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed deep shock at the casualties and destruction following the earthquakes at Kumamoto and southern Japan.

Residents in the Japanese city of Hiroshima commemorate the 70th anniversary of the first atomic bomb being dropped by a US aircraft.

Shinzo Abe much heralded economic policy, dubbed as “Abenomics” by his enthusiastic supporters, had been able to lift the Nikkei to an all-time high in the last one-and-half decades. However, purses of the majority of the Japanese people still remain very tight.