A Japanese court ruling that sentenced the man who fatally shot former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to life in prison denies that the man's ill-fated family background was a key factor that drove him to ...

The man sentenced to life in prison for fatally shooting former Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo has reportedly said he expected the ruling and will discuss with his lawyers whether to appeal.

The Nara district court sentenced Tetsuya Yamagami on Wednesday to life in prison following his assassination of Japan's former Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe. He pleaded guilty to murder, having shot ...

The gunman who shot dead Shinzo Abe, the former Japanese prime minister, has been sentenced to life in prison.

Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, earlier admitted to killing Abe in July 2022 as the former prime minister was giving a campaign speech ...

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

The gunman charged with killing Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe was found guilty January 21 and jailed for life. The shooting more than three years ago forced a reckoning in a country with ...

A Japanese court sentenced a man who admitted assassinating former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to life imprisonment.

Rescue for people who were harmed by their parents' religious beliefs is still insufficient in Japan although public attention grew on so-called second-generation followers after the fatal shooting of ...

Tetsuya Yamagami told the court he targeted Abe for his ties to the group formerly known as the Unification Church ...

Japan's Nara District Court is set to rule on the trial on Wednesday, January 21, 2026, for former Prime Minister Shinzo ...