TOKYO: The Unification Church has come under intense scrutiny in Japan since a former prime minister was assassinated, but it ...

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 ...

A lawmaker of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party called Wednesday for the replacement of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is arranging to attend a memorial service later this month at the site of a fierce ...

Kimura was arrested on the spot. The attack came about a year after the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during a campaign speech in Nara, another city in western Japan.

Shinzo Abe, Japan's longest-serving prime minister, was assassinated by a lone gunman during an election campaign speech in 2022. Known for his nationalistic views on history and security ...

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is planning to meet with Akie Abe, the widow of the late Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ... The U.S. is Japan's most important economic and security partner ...

He was Japan’s first prime minister born after World War II ... February 2023 – Abe’s memoir, “Abe Shinzo: Kaikoroku,” is published. It was originally scheduled to be published a ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is considering issuing a statement to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War ...

A man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for the attempted murder of Japan's former prime minister Fumio Kishida in 2023. Ryuji Kimura, 25, hurled a pipe bomb at Kishida as the country's ...

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