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 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.

The mother of Tetsuya Yamagami, standing trial over the 2022 fatal shooting of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, apologized ...

President-elect Donald Trump is reportedly set to have a private dinner on Sunday with Akie Abe at Mar-a-Lago, the widow of the former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated in 2022.

TOKYO -- Japan's longest-serving prime minister, Shinzo Abe, said Friday he intends to step down because a chronic health problem has resurfaced. He told reporters that it was "gut wrenching" to leave ...

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.