Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated Friday on a street in western Japan by a gunman who opened fire on him from behind as he delivered a campaign speech — an attack that stunned a nation ...

Abe, modern Japan’s longest-serving leader, was fatally shot while delivering a campaign speech in the western city of Nara on July 8, 2022. His assassin, Tetsuya Yamagami, was quoted by media as ...

The man who was charged with assassinating former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe has apologised in court for the first time to the Abe family, saying he had “no ill will whatsoever”. Tetsuya ...

Japan's former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe died on Friday after being shot, officials said. Abe was shot while giving a campaign speech in western Japan on Friday. Local fire department official Makoto ...

A Japanese court today sentenced the man who shot former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to life in prison. The man had admitted to assassinating the former Japanese leader, a case that revealed ...