TOKYO -- Japan's longest-serving prime minister, Shinzo Abe, said Friday he intends to step down because a chronic health problem has resurfaced. He told reporters that it was "gut wrenching" to leave ...

The homemade gun believed to have been used to kill former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe appears clunky and crude, but the creator clearly had considerable knowledge about weaponry, a firearms expert said ...

TOKYO — Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, says he will resign because a chronic illness has resurfaced. Concerns about Abe’s health began this summer and grew this month when he ...

TOKYO — A man accused of fatally shooting former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set to go on trial on Tuesday, three years after the assassination of Japan's longest-serving premier stunned a nation ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi played the “Shinzo Abe card” in her first summit with U.S. President Donald Trump on Oct. 28, ...

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 ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi seems to have successfully captured the lightning of late Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in endearing herself to President Donald Trump. Referring to the president as ...

(Prime Minister Takaichi) Thank you. During my visits to Vietnam and Australia, in addition to deepening personal trust with ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A Japanese court sentenced Tetsuya Yamagami to life imprisonment for assassinating former Prime Minister Shinzo ...