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 ...

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

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

A MAN who killed Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe has been jailed for life, more than three years after the shocking ...

Abe was killed by Tetsuya Yamagami in 2022 while campaigning in the city of Nara, a shooting that shocked Japan, where gun crime is almost unheard of ...

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

Shinzo Abe was giving a speech outside a train station in Nara when he was shot on July 8, 2022.