During his meeting with Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump made a series of statements ...

Abe stepped down from his prime minister post in 2020 due to his health, just four days after he set a record for the longest-running Japanese prime minister, as reported by The New York Times.

Abe was Japan’s longest-serving prime minister when he stepped down for health reasons in 2020. During his time in office, he forged relationships with Presidents Obama, Trump and Biden.

Sept. 21, 1954: Abe is born in Tokyo, the son of Shintaro Abe, who served as Japan’s foreign minister, and grandson of Nobusuke Kishi, a former prime minister.

President Trump shares a behind-the-scenes moment with Japan’s late Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, reflecting on past trade imbalances. Trump reveals Abe’s candid reaction to U.S. tariffs, saying, “I ...

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has died after being shot in the city of Nara, Japan.Abe, 67, had been making a campaign speech at around 11 a.m. local time on Friday ahead of an ...

Abe's grandfather Nobusuke Kishi was also prime minister from 1957 to 1960 and his great-uncle Eisaku Sato, served from 1964 to 1972. The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Akie Abe (center), the wife of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, arrives at the Yamato-yagi Station on her way to the Nara Medical University Hospital where her husband was transferred after being ...

The body of Japan's former prime minister, Shinzo Abe, arrived in Tokyo Saturday afternoon -- a day after he was assassinated while giving a campaign speech in the western Nara region, CNN reported.

Abe first vaulted into the prime minister’s office in 2006 as the youngest person, at age 52, ever to hold the job. But poor health cut short that stint, too, after only a year.

Abe, the nation’s longest-serving prime minister, was just minutes into his address when gunfire broke out around 11:30 a.m. local time. He was campaigning at the time for Sunday’s elections ...