Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Japanese court sentenced a man who admitted assassinating former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to life imprisonment on Wednesday.

Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, had admitted to shooting Mr. Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister; but his case divided Japan. By Javier C. Hernández and Hisako Ueno China closed off Japanese seafood ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A vehicle carrying Tetsuya Yamagami, who is accused of fatally shooting former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, enters the Nara District ...

TOKYO — Shinzo Abe, the former prime minister of Japan, has died after he was shot during a campaign speech on Friday, according to public broadcaster NHK. Hospital officials also confirmed his death, ...

The church, whose links to former prime minister Shinzo Abe were at the heart of his assassination, will be forced to return ...

The fatal shooting of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in July 2022 didn't just shatter the country's sense of ...

TOKYO -- Japan's longest-serving prime minister, Shinzo Abe, said Friday he intends to step down because a chronic health problem has resurfaced. He told reporters that it was "gut wrenching" to leave ...

President-elect Donald Trump is reportedly set to have a private dinner on Sunday with Akie Abe at Mar-a-Lago, the widow of the former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated in 2022.

He was Japan’s first prime minister born after World War II. His grandfather, Nobusuke Kishi, was Japan’s prime minister from 1957 to 1960. Abe’s great uncle, Eisuke Sato, was prime minister from 1964 ...

A Japanese court sentenced a man who admitted assassinating former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to life imprisonment on Wednesday. Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, earlier admitted to killing Abe in July 2022 ...