The man accused of killing former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2022 pleaded guilty to the assassination on Tuesday.

The high-profile trial opened on the day of a summit meeting of two of Abe's former allies, incumbent Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Donald Trump.

The witness is a researcher at the Nara prefectural police department's forensic laboratory who analyzed the homemade guns.

Abe was shot on 8 July 2022 while giving a speech near the Yamato-Saidaiji Station in Nara City, Nara Prefecture. Although he was airlifted for immediate medical attention, he was pronounced dead at ...

The trial of the accused killer of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is underway. Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, appeared in court as U.S.

Yamagami was taken into custody right after he shot former Prime Minister Abe with a homemade firearm near a train station in Nara, western Japan. He subsequently underwent a mental health assessment ...

Japanese police arrested a 41-year-old man in the city of Nara after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot in the neck while giving a speech.

A man accused of killing Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe has pleaded guilty, three years after the assassination in broad daylight shocked the world.

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Japan ranks low in gender equality among developed nations. The first woman to lead the country is an ultraconservative who ...

If new Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi was looking to make a connection with U.S. President Donald Trump, she ...

A man accused of fatally shooting former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has admitted to murder on the first day of his trial.