Japan has been known for its safety, with strict gun control laws, but high-profile violence has occurred in recent years, including shooti...

Kishida, who said has no relations with the church, promised that his party lawmakers will cut ties with the group, and his government has ...

As per reports, Police in central Japan's Kakegawa received a call about an unattended, silver briefcase in the parking lot of a municipal ...

Some Japanese have expressed understanding, even sympathy, for the 41-year-old suspect, especially those of a similar age who may feel pang...

The Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner Komeito raised their combined share in the 248-seat chamber to 146 - far beyo...

Abe, Japan's longest-serving modern leader, was gunned down on Friday during a campaign speech in the western city of Nara in a killing tha...

Wiry and bespectacled with shaggy hair, the suspect was seen stepping into the road behind Abe, who was standing on a riser at an intersect...

The murder of Japan's best-known politician rattled the country and sent shockwaves around the world, particularly given the nation's low l...

He created Japan's first national security council and reinterpreted - almost by fiat - the constitutional restrictions he could not rewrit...

"Abe was no ordinary politician. He was that rare breed of politician who nurtured a vision for Japan to emerge not just as a robust econom...

Tetsuya Yamagami was arrested on charges of attempted murder. Fuji Tv reported that he is an ex-maritime defence force personnel.

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe passed away today after being shot while campaigning for office in the city of Nara. Soon after, ...

Execution of verdict on Kulbhushan Jadhav will be treated as murder, Army urges Supreme Court to withdraw ruling restricting use of force o...

PM Modi wrote a letter to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, expressing India's solidarity in the wake of these acts of terror.

Obama today offered condolences to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe over the beheading of a Japanese national by Islamic State militants.

The Islamist militants had threatened to kill the hostages if they did not receive $200 mn in 72 hours, which Tokyo interpreted as meaning ...

Germany tried to deal "honestly" with its World War II past and urged Japan to do the same after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to a con...