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 ...

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

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

Three years after the assassination of Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe shocked the world, the murder trial opened ...

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 ...