The Unification Church said the mother of Shinzo Abe’s suspected assassin is a member of the religious group but did not detail her donations that may be connected to the motive behind the shooting.

After the shocking assassination of Shinzo Abe in 2022, Japan’s reaction defied expectations. Instead of rallying around their longest-serving prime minister, public opinion turned sharply against him ...

The suspect in the slaying a year ago today of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ... that he targeted Abe because of the lawmaker’s close ties with the Unification Church, formally known as ...

Shinzo Abe, was assassinated at a campaign event by an activist infuriated by his connections to the Unification Church. It was not just Mr. Abe — 179 lawmakers of his long-ruling conservative ...

Politicians in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party showed mixed reactions to an Asahi Shimbun article about a 2013 meeting between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the head of the Unification Church.

NARA--Police believe that holes found in the outer walls of a religious group's facility here came from bullets fired from the same gun used to shoot and kill former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

The 59-year-old Inoue, an aide to Shinzo Abe when he was prime minister ... who are also followers of the church, told her to do. Since she was very young, the woman’s life has revolved around ...

Tetsuya Yamagami indicated he planned to kill former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in an anonymous letter sent to a freelance writer who has also criticized the Unification Church, investigative ...

July 8 will mark two years since former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot and killed ... “I am not aware of any deep involvement” between Abe and the church, she said. Yamagami’s trial ...

Japanese politicians say they're cutting ties with the controversial former Unification Church after its influence came to light with the July murder of former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo.

Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe succeeded in winning over a wide range of supporters with his multifaceted political approach, according to a media researcher. Two years after the famed ...