Tetsuya Yamagami apparently blamed a religious group for his life of hardships that culminated in the shooting death of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a relative of the suspect said. The ...

The state funeral for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will cost an estimated 1.66 billion yen ($11.9 million), including security expenses, in taxpayer money, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu ...

The Unification Church said the mother of Shinzo Abe’s suspected assassin is a member of the religious group but did not detail her donations that may be connected to the motive behind the shooting.

On the landmark 75th anniversary of Japan's surrender to end World War II, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe chose to highlight his own views of history and national security, rather than show remorse for ...

Not the first academic institution that is interested in presenting Abe in the best light possible, the previous one ended up involved in a real state scandal. It seems that slandering former Prime ...

Akie Abe, widow of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, delivers a speech in Taipei on April 19, 2025. (Kyodo) TAIPEI (Kyodo) -- Akie Abe, widow of slain former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ...

(Kyodo News via AP) TOKYO (AFP) — A Japanese court ordered on Tuesday that a religious sect be stripped of official recognition, the government said, in the wake of the assassination of ex-premier ...

CFR scholars provide expert analysis and commentary on international issues. Japanese Prime Minster Shinzo Abe is set to meet with U.S. President Barack Obama in Hawaii on December 26–27.

The church appealed the order. The church was linked in the assassination of former premier Shinzo Abe. The Unification Church said on Monday it had appealed a Japanese court's decision to strip the ...

This file photo taken in September 2022 shows a bronze statue of the late Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Kaosiung, southern Taiwan. (Central News Agency/Kyodo) TAIPEI (Kyodo) -- Taiwan's ...