The US-born TV presenter who is carrying the weight of a political dynasty

The US-born TV presenter who is carrying the weight of a political dynasty

Securing an interview with Nobuchiyo Kishi,the last scion of one of the world’s most powerful political families,took more than a year. Can he keep the dynasty alive?

  • byEryk Bagshaw

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Japanese government asks court to dissolve Unification Church

Japanese government asks court to dissolve Unification Church

The man accused of assassinating Shinzo Abe was allegedly motivated by the former prime minister’s links to the church that he blamed for bankrupting his family.

  • byMari Yamaguchi
Last month he survived an assassination attempt. Now he’s got the world’s spotlight on his hometown

Last month he survived an assassination attempt. Now he’s got the world’s spotlight on his hometown

A child of Hiroshima,Fumio Kishida is using some of his domestic political capital to expand Japan’s mark on the world.

  • byEryk Bagshaw
How Shinzo Abe’s killing forever altered Kumi Taguchi’s view of Japan

How Shinzo Abe’s killing forever altered Kumi Taguchi’s view of Japan

The SBS journalist heads to her ancestral homeland to investigate the links between “the Moonies” and the assassination of a former Japanese prime minister.

  • byBridget McManus
‘Man of steel’ Abe towers over Japanese politics during controversial farewell

‘Man of steel’ Abe towers over Japanese politics during controversial farewell

After three months of protest and bitter debate,Japan has finally farewelled its longest-serving prime minister.

  • byEryk Bagshaw
Albanese and former PMs to face divided nation at Shinzo Abe funeral

Albanese and former PMs to face divided nation at Shinzo Abe funeral

Anthony Albanese will fly into a storm of protest in Tokyo surrounding the funeral of Shinzo Abe as other world leaders pull out of the memorial.

  • byEryk Bagshaw
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In a divided Japan,Shinzo Abe’s assassin finds his target

In a divided Japan,Shinzo Abe’s assassin finds his target

Empathy for the assassin who killed Japan’s longest-serving prime minister has matched sympathy for the victim.

  • byEryk Bagshaw andKyoko Onoki
No public memorial at site of Shinzo Abe murder
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No public memorial at site of Shinzo Abe murder

North Asia correspondent Eryk Bagshaw reports from Nara near Kyoto in Japan,at the location where Japan's former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot in July.

Shinzo Abe’s legacy divides Japan,opposition to his state funeral grows
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Shinzo Abe’s legacy divides Japan,opposition to his state funeral grows

Four Australian prime ministers will land in Japan on Monday,and the mood in Tokyo could not be more different from the scenes of ceremony across London.

  • byEryk Bagshaw
Man sets himself on fire near Japan’s PM office
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Man sets himself on fire near Japan’s PM office

Shinzo Abe was assassinated on July 8 and his state funeral is set for September 27,with some 6000 people from Japan and overseas set to take part.

  • byMariko Katsumura
Sect leader,self-help author and political player:The mystery man behind Morrison’s Tokyo speech

Sect leader,self-help author and political player:The mystery man behind Morrison’s Tokyo speech

The 71-year-old’s latest campaign depicts him in the middle of the last supper and now he will be at the centre of a gathering of former conservative leaders.

  • byEryk Bagshaw andLisa Visentin