Blinken in Tokyo to offers condolences upon death of Abe

Blinken (centre) speaking to the media next to US Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel (centre right) at the office of Japan's prime minister in Tokyo on July 11, 2022. - AFP

TOKYO (AFP): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived Monday (July 11) on a previously unscheduled stop to Tokyo to offer condolences in person over the assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe.

The top US diplomat landed at the Yokota military base and was due to make a brief journey into the capital to see Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and voice his sorrow.