Shinzo Abe's alleged assassin, Tetsuya Yamagami, pleads guilty as President Donald Trump meets Japan's new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi ...

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.

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.

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

Displayed in a glass case alongside a gold-leaf golf ball and bag signed by Japanese major winner Hideki Matsuyama, the club was just one of a litany of references to Trump's bond with Abe that ...

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

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi renews Japan's Indo-Pacific vision with bold diplomacy, strong U.S. ties and pragmatic regional ...

Takaichi has called China an "important neighbor" and faces the challenge of balancing ties with both Beijing and Washington, ...

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