Tens of thousands of people joined a demonstration outside the Diet on Saturday, in a sign of growing public anger over cronyism scandals engulfing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Organizers say about 50,000 people attended this weekend's rally in Tokyo — the biggest in nearly three ...
Buzzword from Abe cronyism scandal spawns hit with bean paste bun
A bean-paste bun that takes its name from a buzzword associated with the cronyism allegations leveled at Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2017 has become a hit for the design firm that came up with the product. About 100,000 boxes of Sontaku Manju (Sontaku Buns) ...
Abe: Will he be a man of his many words?
Since his big win in the lower house election on Oct. 22, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been talking about proceeding with measures to revise the Constitution, a project that has been close to his heart for most of his political career. However, during ...
