Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe makes a speech before he was shot from behind by a man in Nara, western Japan on July 8, 2022.

Abe, 67, served as prime minister in 2006 and 2007, and again from 2012 to 2020, when he suddenly resigned citing health issues. Despite leaving office, he remained influential within the ruling ...

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been assassinated in a shooting while giving a speech on a street in Nara in western Japan Friday morning, hospital officials confirmed hours later ...

Police are ramping up efforts to protect politicians during the Upper House election campaign in July following high-profile ...

Shinzo Abe, Japan's former prime minister, has died after being shot during a speech in western Japan. The country's longest-serving prime minister, Abe was campaigning for a parliamentary ...

The trial of the man accused of killing former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is scheduled to begin on Oct. 28, local media ...

Toko Sekiguchi wrote about Japanese government and politics for The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires.

Japanese and Indian officials are putting the final touches on a trip to Japan in late August by Indian Prime Minister ...

Akie Abe, widow of the late former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, yesterday expressed her gratitude to the people of ...

In a rare display of diplomatic warmth, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba made a surprise appearance at Korea’s Embassy ...