Abe was assassinated on July 8, 2022, during an election campaign speech. People offer prayers for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Zojoji temple in Tokyo, Japan, Saturday, July 8, 2023.

Three years after the assassination of Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, his legacy continues to cast a long shadow over a struggling ruling party and an embattled successor ...

It’s been three years since the shocking assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe — and yet, the trial of the 44-year-old man accused of the crime still hasn’t begun.

Mourners gathered at the site in Nara where former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was fatally shot three years ago on July 8 to lay flowers and offer prayers. A voluntary organization consisting of ...

Mourners pay their respects to former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at an altar in Nara, Nara Prefecture, on July 8, 2025, near the site where he was gunned down three years earlier. (Kyodo) NARA ...