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

One of the key points in the trial is how the judges will weigh on Tetsuya Yamagami’s troubled upbringing and motivations for ...

Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, will face judgment at the Nara District Court, in the area where Abe was killed at close range with a ...

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 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 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.

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 ...

A Japanese court is set to rule on Wednesday on a man charged with fatally shooting former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo in July ...

A case thrown out by two lower courts was resurrected under a new legal standard that strips minority believers of basic ...

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