The Latest Breaking News from Shinzo Abe

The assassination of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe should ring alarm bells for governments around the world, including Thailand's, about the threat posed by homemade guns such as the one used in the crime.

With the state funeral for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe scheduled to be held at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo in September, the government is gearing up to host leaders and dignitaries from around the world.

The graduation album of a public high school in Nara Prefecture contains a photograph of a cheer-squad member supporting his team at the National Invitational High School Baseball Tournament held at Koshien Stadium in the spring of 1998. The stand was almost full that day as the cheering teenager waved…

Three of four police officers standing near former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe when he was shot and killed in Nara a week ago were slow to respond after the assailant fired a first round that missed the mark, sources close to the investigation have said.

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.