By AFPThe Japanese government will propose a new law to prevent harmfully large donations to religious groups, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Tuesday, after Shinzo Abe's assassination heightened scrutiny of the Unification Church.Kishida has been...

By AFPJapanese and foreign dignitaries paid tribute to assassinated former prime minister Shinzo Abe at a controversial state funeral on Tuesday,as long lines of people gathered to offer flowers and prayers.Abe's ashes, carried by his widow Akie, arr...

By AFPThe mother of the man accused of murdering Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe over a grudge against an organisation belongs to the Unification Church, the group said Monday.Police investigating Tetsuya Yamagami on suspicion of murder have...

Japanese voters cast their ballots Sunday in an upper house election, just two days after former prime minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated while on the campaign trail.The election, which is expected to see Abe's ruling Liberal Democratic Party incre...

World leaders condemned Friday's assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, while paying tribute to him as a "great" leader.Here are some key comments:- Britain -British Prime Minister Boris Johnson hailed the leadership role taken b...

Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe died in hospital on Friday, local media reported, hours after being shot at a political campaign event in an attack condemned as "absolutely unforgivable".Citing a senior member of Abe's Liberal Democratic Par...

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said former premier Shinzo Abe is in a "very grave condition" after being shot on Friday."I pray that former prime minister Abe will survive," Kishida said. "It is a barbaric act during election campaigning, which...