Prosecutors and defense lawyers are arguing over whether “religious influence” can be used in the trial of Tetsuya Yamagami, who is accused of murdering former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ...

The ruling is the latest development in a decades-long dispute between the Church and disenfranchised former members — which became widely known in Japan following the assassination of former prime ...

The current rupture in bilateral ties is not temporary, rather it’s a product of various economic and geo-economic phenomena ...

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

Japan's longest-serving Prime Minister Shinzo Abe resigned Friday because a chronic illness resurfaced and he said he did not want it to affect his decision-making. Abe, 65, has for years ...

Shinzo Abe was the prime minister of Japan from 2006 to 2007 and from 2012 to 2020. He was the longest-serving prime minister in Japanese history and was a member of the Liberal Democratic Party.

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 ...

INSIGHT is a one hour long hard current affairs programme that aims to open the minds of viewers to the political, social and economic realities facing today's societies. Every week, a team of ...

Junichiro Matsumoto, 76, is charged with making false entries in the political fund reports of the faction once led by former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for the years between 2018 and 2022.

SHIMONOSEKI, Yamaguchi Prefecture--The home prefecture of slain former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held a funeral service here Oct. 15 for its most famous son. The ceremony at the Kaikyo Messe ...