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Abe Stays Away From Yasukuni In Hopes Of Meeting With Chinas Xi
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Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe sent a ritual offering to the Yasukuni war shrine Friday, the 69th anniversary of Japan's World War II defeat, but opted not to visit the controversial site in person. (Washingtonpost.com)
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Abe Never Real Reformer: FT
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe "was never a real reformer," a Financial Times commentary said Thursday, criticizing him as a backward-looking leader with interest in military revival. (Jiji Press)
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Japanese Prime Minister Abe wows Rio finale as Super Mario

Doffing a big red hat, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe "Emerged" from a big green pipe as the game character Super Mario in an appearance at the Rio games' closing ceremony that is winning accolades for his theatrics Ref. Source 2u.

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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he emerged from a meeting with US President-elect Donald Trump feeling that the two leaders will be able to maintain "A relationship of trust."

The meeting in New York was Trump's first in-person meeting with a foreign head of state since he clinched the presidency last week.

Trump has repeatedly suggested Japan should shoulder a bigger financial burden for the US military forces there. Abe declined to tell reporters if the two men hashed out the defense issue or discussed their disagreement over the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal. Ref. CNN.

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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expresses intent to step down due to declining health, reports say. According to reports on Friday by NHK and other Japanese media, Abe expressed his intention to step down due to his declining health. Concerns about Abe’s chronic health issues, simmering since earlier this summer, intensified this month when he visited a Tokyo hospital two weeks in a row for unspecified health checkups, The Associated Press reported. Ref. USAToday.

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Japan's former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe dies after being shot during a campaign speech, public broadcaster reports Abe, 67, was shot from behind minutes after he started his speech Friday in Nara, western Japan. He was airlifted to a hospital for emergency treatment and was pronounced dead later, the Associated Press reports. Police arrested a male suspect at the scene of the shooting. Source 3j.