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Yoshihide Suga is elected Prime Minister of Japan, following the resignation of his predecessor Shinzo Abe over health concerns.
2020-09-16

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declares a state of emergency to combat COVID-19.
2020-04-7

Shinzō Abe is officially reinstated as Prime Minister of Japan following the election on 22 October 2017.
2017-11-1

Shinzō Abe is re-elected prime minister as his Liberal Democratic Party-led coalition wins 312 seats and retains its two-thirds supermajority in the 465-member House of Representatives.
2017-10-22

The Prime Minister of Japan Shinzō Abe calls a snap election with the election to be held on October 22.
2017-09-25

Hokkaido 5th district by-election, 2016: LDP candidate Yoshiaki Wada staved off the competition from independent candidate Maki Ikeda. Despite the LDP's winning margin decreasing from 14% (in 2014) to 2%, this win is seen as a boost for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the upcoming upper house election.
2016-04-24

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe agrees to suspend work to expand the U.S. military base on Okinawa Island. Abe says his government will follow the court recommendation and settle several lawsuits over landfill work carried out to prepare for new runways.
2016-03-4

Prime Minister of Japan Shinzō Abe vows to defend the Senkaku Islands "at all costs" in a speech aimed at the Japan Self-Defense Forces.
2013-02-2

Shinzō Abe is elected Prime Minister of Japan as the Liberal Democratic Party win an absolute majority in the House of Representatives.
2012-12-16

The House of Representatives of Japan passes a resolution criticising the President of South Korea Lee Myung-bak's recent visit to the disputed Liancourt Rocks.
2012-08-24