Abe was serving as a regular lawmaker after leaving the prime minister's job when he was killed in 2022 while campaigning in ...

By Kiyoshi Takenaka and Fred Mery NARA, Japan, Jan 21 (Reuters) - A man accused of fatally shooting former Japanese Prime ...

Tetsuya Yamagami pleaded guilty to shooting the former prime minister with a homemade gun in 2022, an act he tied to ...

The 45-year-old is set to be sentenced on Wednesday, but the question of what punishment he deserves has divided public ...

Abe’s assassination also ignited scrutiny of alleged ties between prominent conservative lawmakers and the Unification Church ...

Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, had admitted to shooting Mr. Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister; but his case divided Japan.

Tetsuya Yamagami has been sentenced to life in prison for assassinating former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, ending a ...

Tokyo: A Japanese court on Wednesday sentenced the man charged with the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister ...

A man who admitted to killing former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe has been sentenced to life in prison. Tetsuya ...

The daylight killing forced Japan to confront rare gun violence and triggered scrutiny of alleged ties between conservative ...