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 where gun crime and political violence are rare.

Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, was charged with killing Mr. Abe with a homemade gun during an election campaign event in 2022.

A man accused of killing former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe has pleaded guilty on the first day of his trial. Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, told a court in the capital Tokyo that "everything is true",

The man accused of assassinating former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe pleaded guilty at the start of his trial on Tuesday. Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, is accused of shooting Japan's longest-serving post-war prime minister with a homemade firearm during an election campaign speech in 2022.

Yamagami allegedly shot Abe in 2022 with a homemade firearm during an election speech because of a grudge against the controversial Unification Church , which he believed had clos

The gunman accused of killing Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe pled guilty Tuesday, three years after the assassination in broad daylight shocked the world.

The man accused of assassinating former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set to face trial on Tuesday, marking nearly three years since the shocking killing that rattled Japana nation known for its low crime and