Kishi
Americannoun
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Abe's grandfather Nobusuke Kishi, who was also Japan's prime minister, was known to have been close to the Unification Church because of its anti-communist nature.
From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2025
In the most recent arrests in mid-May, a joint team of soldiers and police conducted a raid on a remote market in Kishi, in the country’s southwestern Oyo State.
From Seattle Times ● May 26, 2024
A red, trompe-l’oeil wrapping cloth by the young artist Yu Tanaka sits across from a piece by Eiko Kishi whose knobbly, blue and white finish and abstract triangular planes evoke a Star Wars spaceship.
From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2024
Former Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi, Abe’s grandfather, helped the church take root in Japan in the 1960s over shared interests in conservative and anti-communist causes.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 8, 2023
Kishi is one of the most frequented of these places, and there the money for the right of crossing the desert is paid.
From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century by N. D'Anvers
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