The mother of the man standing trial for assassinating former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2022 apologized Thursday ...

The church’s influence on Tetsuya Yamagami's family has become a focal point of his trial, as a grudge he said he held ...

The high-profile trial opened on the day of a summit meeting of two of Abe's former allies, incumbent Prime Minister Sanae ...

NARA—Defense lawyers for the man accused of murdering former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said his mother’s fervent religious ...

The witness is a researcher at the Nara prefectural police department's forensic laboratory who analyzed the homemade guns.

Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, held a grudge against the controversial Unification Church, which he believed had close ties to Shinzo ...

A man accused of killing Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe has pleaded guilty, three years after the assassination in broad daylight shocked the world.

TOKYO — Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, says he will resign because a chronic illness has resurfaced. Concerns about Abe’s health began this summer and grew this month when he ...

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Japan ranks low in gender equality among developed nations. The first woman to lead the country is an ultraconservative who ...

The focus of the trial under the lay judge system is on whether the court will grant leniency to the shooter. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.