The Latest Breaking News from Shinzo Abe

Tetsuya Yamagami, the suspect in the shooting death of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, reportedly harbored a grudge against a religious group known as the Unification Church, blaming it for the disintegration of his family after his mother became a follower. Yamagami was quoted by police as saying that a…

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

Senior Editor Jacob Sullum examines how the claim that Japanese gun restrictions account for the country's low violent crime rate isn't as simple as it sounds.

The assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has revealed long-suspected, little-talked-of links between him and the Unification Church

South Korea hopes a high-level visit to Tokyo next week will kickstart talks aimed at a breakthrough in historical disputes despite concerns the death of former Japanese premier Shinzo Abe could change Japan's policy priorities, Seoul officials said.

The assassination of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe is as sad as it is shocking. For Japanese of my generation, the tragedy calls to mind US President John F Kennedy's assassination in 1963 and the attempted assassination of Abe's grandfather, Japanese Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi, who was stabbed in…

U.S. elites were happy to overlook the late Japanese prime minister’s historical revisionism.

Britain and Japan are close to an agreement to merge their next-generation Tempest and F-X fighter jet programmes, with the two countries aiming for a deal on a new joint project by year-end, three sources told Reuters.

The mother of the man accused of fatally shooting former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has apologized to police, investigative sources told The Yomiuri Shimbun.