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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.

Sanae Takaichi, who calls herself Japan's Margaret Thatcher, stitched up a late night deal to secure her appointment as PM.

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

Less than a month into her term, Japan's conservative leader has stirred tensions with China by suggesting a Chinese move ...