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Then Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, center, and Director of Japan Self-Defense Force Fumio Kyuma, 5th left, salute while assisting at the Fleet Review of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force in Sagami Bay, off south Tokyo, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2006. Former Japanese Prime Minister Abe, a divisive arch-conservative and one of his nation's most powerful and influential figures, has died after being shot during a campaign speech Friday, July 8, 2022, in western Japan, hospital officials said. (AP Photo/Franck Robichon) **FILE**

Fatal shooting of Japan’s Shinzo Abe stuns world leaders

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this image from a video, Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe makes a campaign speech in Nara, western Japan shortly before he was shot Friday, July 8, 2022. Abe was shot during the speech and was airlifted to a hospital but he was not breathing and his heart had stopped, officials said. He died of his injuries. (Kyodo News via AP)

Facebook, Twitter remove Shinzo Abe assassination videos

By Kelvin Chan - Associated Press

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, speaks to media at the Prime Minister's official residence Friday, July 8, 2022, in Tokyo. Japan's former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot during a campaign speech Friday in western Japan and was airlifted to a nearby hospital but he was not breathing and his heart had stopped, officials said. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Assassination of Japan’s Shinzo Abe stuns world leaders

By Eileen Ng - Associated Press

Police inspect the site where Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot in Nara, western Japan Friday, July 8, 2022. Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was in heart failure after apparently being shot during a campaign speech Friday in western Japan, NHK public television said Friday. (Kyodo News via AP)

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in grave condition after being shot during campaign speech

Associated Press

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, left, also the Liberal Democratic Party party leader, poses with the ruling party's senior officials, including Toshihiro Nikai, right, at the party headquarters in Tokyo, on Sept. 15, 2020. Prime Minister Suga came to office on a surge of popularity, pledging to combat the coronavirus and fix the languishing economy. Now his support ratings have plunged amid flaring virus outbreaks and scandals within the ruling party, even as the economy appears to be recovering. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japan virus outbreaks, scandals sap public support for Suga

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Friday, Dec. 4, 2020. Suga announced a 2 trillion green fund to promote innovation and technology to achieve his pledge to achieve a carbon free society by 2050.(AP Photo/Hiro Komae, Pool)

Japan delays gender equality goals in new five-year plan

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during a press conference in Tokyo, Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020. Abe offered his deep apologizes on Thursday over illegal expenses linked to a dinner party his office hosted for his supporters ahead of an annual cherry blossom viewing party.(Kyodo News via AP)

Abe apologizes, but isn’t charged for cherry blossom scandal

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Japan ex-PM Abe’s office investigated over funding scandal

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Japanese lawmakers wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus attend an extraordinary Diet session at the upper house of parliament in Tokyo, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Post-Abe agenda: Suga says Japan to go carbon-free by 2050

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 16, 2020, file photo, Yoshihide Suga is applauded after being elected as Japan's new prime minister at parliament's lower house in Tokyo. Japan's new Prime Minister Suga heads to Vietnam and Indonesia on Sunday, Oct. 18, 2020, on his first overseas foray since taking over from his former boss Shinzo Abe last month. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File)

Japan’s populist, pragmatic new PM Suga pushes Abe’s vision

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 16, 2020, file photo, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, right, waits his cabinet members for a photo session after their first cabinet meeting at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo. Prime Minister Suga's government says it will not look into scandals of a previous government, even though it is largely inheriting former leader's policies. (Yoshikazu Tsuno/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Japan PM tells South Korea it’s time to fix strained ties

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 16, 2020, file photo, Japan's outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks to the media as he arrives at the prime minister's office for a cabinet meeting in Tokyo. Former Japanese Prime Minister Abe says he has visited a shrine viewed by China and both Koreas as a symbol of wartime aggression. Abe's visit Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020, which he announced in a tweet, comes days after his resignation. It is his first visit in nearly seven years. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

Former Japanese PM Abe visits controversial Tokyo shrine

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Takayoshi Yamaguchi, the 78-year-old former chairman of now defunct Japan Life, is arrested and led by police in Tokyo, Friday, Sept. 18, 2020. Japanese police arrested Yamaguchi, who was invited to one of annual cherry blossom viewing parties hosted by the former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, in a massive fraud involving thousands of elderly customers.(Kyodo News via AP)

Japan police arrest fraud suspect linked to ex-PM’s event

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Former Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga walks at the prime minister's office after a cabinet meeting Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, in Tokyo. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Cabinet resigned, clearing the way for his successor Suga to take over after parliamentary confirmation later in the day. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Japan’s new PM Yoshihide Suga, self-made and strong-willed

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Yoshihide Suga was elected as the new head of Japan's ruling party on Monday, all but assuring that he will become the country's new prime minister when a parliamentary election is held later in the week. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Yoshihide Suga set to become next Japanese prime minister

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June 28, 2019, file photo, South Korean President Moon Jae-in, right, walks by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe upon his arrival for a welcome and family photo session at the G-20 leaders summit in Osaka, western Japan. When Abe announced his decision last month to step down as Japan’s prime minster over an illness, Moon’s office issued glowing praise about his unspecified contributions to bilateral ties. The rare praise came after years of intense diplomatic rows over wartime history, trade and military issues that sank the relationship between the key U.S. allies to post-war lows. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Analysis: With Abe’s exit, Seoul seeks to mend Japan ties

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

Japan's Liberal Democratic Party's leadership election candidate and Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga attends a debate ahead of the LDP's leadership election, in Tokyo Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020. The party plans a vote on Sept. 14 to choose Shinzo Abe's replacement as party chief. (Charly Triballeau/Pool Photo via AP)

Japan PM hopeful says he may need help from Abe on diplomacy

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Shigeru Ishiba, member of House of Representatives of Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and one of candidates for LDP leadership election speaks during his press conference Friday, Sept. 11, 2020, in Tokyo. In response to Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's suggestion Japan should change its defense policy, Ishiba explained that Japan does not have a capability, and it would take a lot of time and cost to be able to acquire such a capability, and Japan would have to rely on the U.S. for surveillance. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Japan’s Abe seeks preemptive strike capacity in policy shift

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

India, Japan call for strong partnership in post-COVID world

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Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, left, and former Defence Minister Shigeru Ishiba attend a speech session for the Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) leadership election at its headquarters in Tokyo Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020. The official campaigning to lead Japan's ruling party began Tuesday with the longtime right-hand man of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe now seen as a top candidate and his likely successor to lead the government. (Kim Kyung-hoon/Pool Photo via AP)

Campaign to succeed PM Abe as party leader begins in Japan

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press