Shinzo Abe

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is set to fire several top ministers who are reportedly under investigation for alleged fraud, local media said yesterday, in what would be the second reshuffle in three months.

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has resumed his election campaign. He was earlier evacuated from a speech venue after a man threw a smoke bomb at him. Kishida is unharmed, no one was injured in the incident. Police arrested a suspect in the attack. The incident happened in the western port city of Wakayama.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was evacuated unharmed Saturday after someone threw an explosive device at a campaign event in a western port city, officials said. Police wrestled a suspect to the ground as screaming bystanders scrambled to get away and smoke filled the air.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has announced that he will be representing his country at the funeral of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II on Sept. 19.

"I will visit the U.K. capital, London, on Monday and participate [in the funeral of the Queen] as a representative of Türkiye," he said on Sept. 14.

The mother of the man accused of murdering Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe over a grudge against an organisation belongs to the Unification Church, the group said Monday.

Police investigating Tetsuya Yamagami on suspicion of murder have said he targeted Abe because he believed he was linked to a particular group, without naming the organisation.

Japanese went to the polls on July 10 in the shadow of the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, gunned down while making a campaign speech for the governing party that cruises to a likely major victory.

A hearse carrying the body of assassinated former prime minister Shinzo Abe arrived in Tokyo on July 9 from the western Japanese city where he was shot at close range on the campaign trail.

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was on Friday confirmed dead after he was shot at during a campaign speech in Nara City, western Japan, local media reported citing officials.

The condolence telegram, among other things, says: "It was with sadness and disbelief that I received the news of the tragic death of Shinzo Abe, an exceptional statesman and man, who, with his serious and responsible approach to the political challenges of his time, left a special legacy on the global political scene."

The news was reported by numerous world media and agencies, including Japanese state media.
Abe was shot in the chest and back, and his assailant was arrested after the shooting. Abe was seriously wounded and did not show any signs of life on the spot. Doctors at the hospital where he was taken said Abe arrived with low consciousness and signs of life.