The church, whose links to former prime minister Shinzo Abe were at the heart of his assassination, will be forced to return ...

The fatal shooting of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in July 2022 didn't just shatter the country's sense of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Japanese court sentenced a man who admitted assassinating former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to life imprisonment on Wednesday.

A former Cabinet minister has admitted to lobbying in support of the Unification Church’s controversial 2015 name change, telling The Asahi Shimbun he acted because the group had provided him with ...

A Japanese court has upheld an order to dissolve the controversial Unification Church, local media report. Last year, a district court in Tokyo ordered the church disbanded after Japan's education and ...

TOKYO(AP) — A Japanese court sentenced the man who shot former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to life in prison, NHK TV reports.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged Thursday to bolster reconstruction efforts in tsunami-hit northern Japan and the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant ahead of the 2020 Olympic Games.

Japan's ruling coalition appeared headed to an impressive win in national elections in what would represent an endorsement for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's nearly five-year leadership. A victory would ...

A Japanese court sentenced a man who admitted assassinating former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to life imprisonment on Wednesday. Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, earlier admitted to killing Abe in July 2022 ...

TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese court sentenced a man who admitted to assassinating former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to life imprisonment on Wednesday. The case has revealed decades of cozy ties ...