TOKYO – Shinzo Abe, the former prime minister of Japan, died on Friday after being shot twice by an ex-Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) member while he was campaigning in the western city of Nara.

TOKYO – Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot in Nara Prefecture on Friday while campaigning for a ruling party candidate in Sunday's House of Councillors election.

TOKYO – Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. agreed the two countries will bolster relations and further strengthen strategic partnership.

TOKYO – Filipino writer and director Jade Castro’s 2011 smash hit indie horror comedy film “Patayin sa Shokot si Remington (Remington and the Curse of the Zombadings” will be released in Japanese theaters, including K’s cinema, from July 16.