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

TOKYO — A man accused of fatally shooting former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set to go on trial on Tuesday, three years after the assassination of Japan's longest-serving premier stunned a nation ...

Kurt Campbell, a former U.S. deputy secretary of state, is chairman and co-founder of the Asia Group.

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Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, is accused of assassinating Mr. Abe with a homemade gun during an election rally in 2022. By Yan Zhuang and Kiuko Notoya The man accused of assassinating former prime minister ...

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 ...

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We have no choice but cut off that dirty neck that has been lunged at us without hesitation," a Chinese official said.

Yamagami pled guilty on October 28, 2025, three years after the assassination of Abe in broad daylight shocked the world.