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Mogami frigates off the coast of Japan and at sea.

Inside the futuristic Japanese warship that could change the face of the Australian navy

Australia is about to spend $10 billion on a new fleet of frigates, with German and Japanese ship makers battling for the contract.

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Shinzo Abe falls to the ground.

‘Moonies’ and their millions: Japan cracks down on ‘brainwashing’ church with links to world leaders

An investigation triggered by the shooting of former prime minister Shinzo Abe found the group had manipulated its followers – known as “Moonies” – into donating money.

  • Lisa Visentin
Nobuchiyo Kishi is the last scion of a family that has dominated Japanese politics for a century.

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?

  • Eryk Bagshaw
The Rev Sun Myung Moon, founder of the Unification Church, and his wife in 1992.

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.

  • Mari Yamaguchi
(L-R) European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Hiroshima on Friday.

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.

  • Eryk Bagshaw
Abe/Kumi

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.

  • Bridget McManus
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A portrait of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe hangs on the stage during the state funeral of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe

‘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.

  • Eryk Bagshaw
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese signs a condolence book for former prime minister Shinzo Abe at Japan’s embassy in Canberra, July 11, 2022.

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.

  • Eryk Bagshaw
Eryk Bagshaw pointing at door of the assassin who killed Shinzo Abe

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.

  • Eryk Bagshaw and Kyoko Onoki
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.

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.

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