Shinzo Abe

42-year-old Yamagami was indicted on murder charges as well as for violating gun laws after concluding a roughly six-month psychiatric evaluation.

A key governing party lawmaker in Japan who has served in key posts has submitted his resignation over a political funding scandal.

Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2022

A rare and controversial state funeral for assassinated former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe began Tuesday in tense Japan where the event for one of the country’s most divisive leaders has deeply split public opinion.

Japanese TV Asahi said that the man burned himself after telling the police that he was "opposed to the state funeral."

The brazen assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with a handmade gun shocked a nation unused to high-profile political violence.

Mourners carrying bouquets stood in a long line Friday to lay flowers and pray at a table outside of a railway station in Nara in western Japan.

The mother of the shooter donated about 100 million yen ($720,000)

According to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Japan will perform a state funeral for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Thursday blamed inadequate police protection for the death of former leader Shinzo Abe