Several Japanese cabinet members visited the controversial Yasukuni shrine on the anniversary of Japan's defeat in World War II, but Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stayed away. The WSJ's Deborah Kan ...

Two Cabinet ministers as well as former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe paid visits to Tokyo’s Yasukuni Shrine to honor the war dead on Aug. 15, the 76th anniversary of Japan’s surrender in World ...

NARA--Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest serving postwar prime minister, died on July 8 after being shot while giving a speech in Nara. His death was confirmed at 5:03 p.m. by the Nara Medical ...