NARA—Defense lawyers for the man accused of murdering former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said his mother’s fervent religious ...

Tensions have been mounting between China and Japan over Taiwan, with Beijing warning against any interference in the ...

The mother of the man standing trial for assassinating former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2022 apologized Thursday ...

The witness is a researcher at the Nara prefectural police department's forensic laboratory who analyzed the homemade guns.

Japan ranks low in gender equality among developed nations. The first woman to lead the country is an ultraconservative who ...

Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, held a grudge against the controversial Unification Church, which he believed had close ties to Shinzo ...

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 ...

China issued a travel advisory against Japan and sent coast guard ships to disputed waters, as tensions escalate rapidly over ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has pledged to revive Shinzo Abe’s economic vision of high public spending and cheap borrowing. This comes with risks, says East Asia expert Fumihito Gotoh.

Relations between Tokyo and Beijing have dramatically soured, with nationalist rhetoric in China and an apparent threat of beheading from one of its diplomats.

Sanae Takaichi, who calls herself Japan's Margaret Thatcher, stitched up a late night deal to secure her appointment as PM.