He assassinated Japan’s most successful politician ever. But now, he seems to have won over public opinion. What happened?

The homemade gun used in the shooting of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe apparently employed an electrical charge to ignite homemade gunpowder that would then fire off a volley of conventional ...

NARA--Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest serving postwar prime minister, died on July 8 after being shot while giving a speech in Nara. His death was confirmed at 5:03 p.m. by the Nara Medical ...

NARA--The cause of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s death was loss of blood, Nara prefectural police announced July 9 after performing an autopsy. In a related development, Abe’s body was ...

The suspect in the slaying a year ago today of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe still gets loads of letters from well-wishers and people sympathetic to his plight, sources say. Tetsuya Yamagami ...

July 8 will mark two years since former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot and killed while delivering a speech at a campaign rally in Nara. His widow, Akie, 62, said it took about a year for her ...

Comments from Abe Shinzo and his widow Abe Akie suggest that they saw cowardice lurking behind Trump’s bravado.

Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, was assassinated in 2022, and the reasons behind this act have exposed ...

The homemade gun believed to have been used to kill former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe appears clunky and crude, but the creator clearly had considerable knowledge about weaponry, a firearms expert ...

Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe floated the idea of Japan “sharing” in the possession of nuclear weapons, as is practiced by some NATO members, a possibility flatly rejected by Prime Minister ...

NARA--Prosecutors here wrapped up their investigation into the man accused of murdering former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe by bringing additional charges against the suspected assassin. Tetsuya ...

Shinzo Abe’s confident and dynamic leadership has revived Japan’s economy and prospects since he became Prime Minister in December 2012. As a statesman, he is both resilient and pragmatic ...