The homemade gun used in the shooting of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe apparently employed an electrical charge to ignite homemade gunpowder that would then fire off a volley of conventional ...

The homemade gun believed to have been used to kill former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe appears clunky and crude, but the creator clearly had considerable knowledge about weaponry, a firearms expert ...

Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe has died ... Times described Abe – has sent shockwaves across the country, which has one of the lowest rates of gun crime in the world.

TOKYO: Japanese police have arrested Tetsuya Yamagami, 41, a former member of the Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF), on suspicion of shooting former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe on Friday ...

NARA--Shinzo Abe ... The sources said the gun appeared to be handmade, with the barrels wrapped in tape. Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi, Abe’s younger brother, said doctors were doing everything ...

Fukushima says Abe's wife arrived in the late afternoon. At 5:03 p.m., four and a half hours after the former prime minister was brought to the hospital, they stopped treatment. Security failure ...

Abe, 67, was assassinated by a gunman on Friday while giving a campaign speech in Nara, Japan Current and former world leaders are reacting to the news that former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo ...

The Unification Church came under scrutiny after the killing of former PM Shinzo Abe in 2022. A scandal over alleged kickbacks has again fuelled public anger at the country's long-ruling party.