2007-09-12 Shinzō Abe announces his intention to resign as Prime Minister of Japan.
2007-09-26 Shinzō Abe formally ends his first term as Prime Minister of Japan
2013-02-02 Shinzō Abe, Japan’s Prime Minister vows to defend the Senkaku Islands "at all costs"
2014-12-14 Shinzō Abe and his ruling Liberal Democratic Party win re-election in Japan, retaining their two-thirds majority with coalition partner New Kōmeitō Party
2020-03-24 Japan's Prime Minister Shinzō Abe announces postponement of Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games until summer of 2021 because of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic
2020-04-06 Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe announces state of emergency in seven prefectures and a nearly $1 trillion stimulus package as COVID-19 cases climb
2020-09-16Yoshihide Suga confirmed as Prime Minister by the Japanese government after Shinzo Abe stood down due to ill health
Eisaku Satō
Fumio Kishida
Hideki Tojo
Itō Hirobumi
Yoshihide Suga