Prime Minister Anthony Albanese indicated his intention to travel to Japan to attend the funeral,alongside past Australian leaders,once the arrangements have been finalised.
He made it his political mission to vanquish Japan’s wartime ghosts but fell short of his ultimate goal of restoring his country as a normalised military power.
Abe was in power during the tenure of the last six Australian prime ministers.
Shinzo Abe defined a generation of Japanese politics.
Shinzo Abe was rushed to hospital “unresponsive” after a man shot twice at him during an election campaign speech.
The shooting offers a chilling reminder to other developed,democratic nations of the risk of political violence. If Japan is not immune,nowhere is.
The US and Australia should formally and clearly declare they would join a war over Taiwan,says a senior member of Taiwan’s defence committee.
Shinzo Abe wants to further elevate defence co-operation between Australia and Japan and their allied groupings in the face of the rise of China.
Early exit polls suggested the LDP would not be able to retain a majority in Sunday’s election following a tumultuous year in which it lost two of its former leaders.
The establishment candidate defeated popular favourite Taro Kono to take the leadership of the Liberal Democratic Party.
Defence Minister Nobuo Kishi has warned China’s clout is backed by force and coercion,and it is trying to make its dominance “into a fait accompli”.