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

The man who killed Japan’s ex-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with a homemade gun was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday, public broadcaster NHK reported.

The meeting and venue were the same, but the style and tone of the two most anticipated keynote speeches at the World Economic Forum in the Swiss town of Davos could not have been more different. On ...

By Heejin Kim SEOUL, Jan 9 (Reuters) - South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will visit Japan on January 13 and 14 for a summit with Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, Lee's office said on Friday.

Also part of the equation this week: China's visible pivot to another regional neighbor, South Korea, whose president spent ...

Credit: Prime Minister’s Office of Japan On January 19, Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae declared in a press conference that she would dissolve the House of Representatives (Japan’s lower house) ...

TOKYO -- Top executives at major convenience store chains in Japan have spoken out on the importance of foreign workers in ...

South Korea appears happy to engage in what some have called “shuttle diplomacy” between its quarreling neighbors—and stands ...

BEIJING — China on Tuesday banned exports of dual-use goods that can serve military purposes to Japan, a move that comes at time of heightened ...

Japanese LDP Officials Meet PM Kim, Stress Korea-Japan Cooperation Discuss Free and Open Indo-Pacific Strategy, Emphasize Reducing Bilateral Fluctuations ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will host a summit with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Tuesday to ensure stable and friendly ties as her country faces growing tension with Beijing ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's announcement of an abrupt House of Representatives dissolution for a snap election reflects her hopes of consolidating political power to achieve her own ...