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

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

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

Tensions have been mounting between China and Japan over Taiwan, with Beijing warning against any interference in the ...

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

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

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

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

TOKYO — A man accused of fatally shooting former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set to go on trial on Tuesday, three years after the assassination of Japan's longest-serving premier stunned a nation ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi listens to a question during a House of Councillors Budget Committee session in Tokyo ...

Japan's outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited a Tokyo hospital on Saturday, his first visit since announcing his decision to resign due to poor health, local media reported.

Since taking office, Takaichi has shown a willingness to moderate on many issues – with the marked exception of national ...