Shinzo Abe

Akie Abe traveled to the self-ruled island to continue her husbands legacy of reorienting Japan’s policy toward Taiwan.

As part of a visit to Taiwan, Akie Abe visited a military cemetery in New Taipei to pay homage to former Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui.

During the trip, Akie Abe is expected to meet with Tsai Ing-wen, the island's leader, and Vice President Lai Ching-te, a major candidate in the Taiwan presidential election next January.

In the year since Abe's assassination, Japan has undergone a number of monumental shifts in its approach to security and foreign policy, cementing the late leader’s legacy.

Ties between lawmakers and the Unification Church, as well as rules for holding state funerals, remain controversial a year after the former prime minister was gunned down.

While conservatives lost a key leadership figure, liberals no longer have a clear person to organize opposition around.

Shinzo Abe's policies have had far-reaching consequences for Japan’s economy, society and international relations — and his legacy will be debated and analyzed for years to come.

The former prime ministers death shook the nation to its core, and the man suspected of killing him is currently in detention awaiting trial.

The inability of the new leaders to unite the faction makes it less powerful than its size would indicate.

With Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi having been selected for the new No. 3 district, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's caucus has come out on top over the Abe faction.

Japanese stocks have been cheap for a long time, but they’re set to get less cheap from now on.

That, in turn, has raised questions about the state of their more than 20-year-old coalition, and whether the two sides will take steps to initiate a divorce.