The case stems from a July 15, 2019, incident where police officers removed both from an Upper House election rally in Sapporo for heckling Abe during a speech. The Sapporo High Court recognized ...

Revisionist nationalist or pragmatic realist? Defining Shinzo Abe and his legacy following his resignation as Japan's longest serving post-war prime minister divides commentators both within Japan ...

The suspected murderer of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe planned to detonate a bomb at a venue in central Japan where the leader of a religious group was visiting in 2019, investigative sources ...