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

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Seven guns made by Tetsuya Yamagami, charged with the murder of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, were all lethal, a police witness said at Nara District Court on Thursday. The witness is a r ...

Two newly appointed members of the Japanese government's top economic panel called on Wednesday for an economic stimulus ...

Former Japanese foreign minister Fumio Kishida officially announced on Tuesday that he would run for a ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) election to choose Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's successor.

Japan's outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited a Tokyo hospital on Saturday, his first visit since announcing his decision to resign due to poor health, local media reported.