People in Japan—and around the world—are waiting for an update on the condition of former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo after he was shot in Nara ... hit from behind by shotgun fire.

NARA--Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest serving postwar prime minister, died on July 8 after being shot while giving a speech ... The sources said the gun appeared to be handmade, with the barrels ...

Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe has died after being ... Eyewitnesses told NHK a first gun shot was heard when a man approached Abe from behind. No one appeared to be injured until ...

and that the suspect did not bring the gun to eye level when he shot at the former prime minister. Instead, Yamagami used a “point shooting” method that makes it more difficult to aim but ...

TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese court on Wednesday convicted a man who threw a homemade pipe bomb at Japan's former Prime Minister Fumio ... a 15-year prison term. Gun-related crime is rare in Japan ...

Mourners have been gathering on the street where Japan's former prime minister was shot during a political campaign event. People at the scene described their shock, and some spoke of his ...