The assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in broad daylight Friday shocked a world that has come to associate Japan with relatively low crime and strict gun control. Japan’s longest ...

Gun violence remains extremely rare in Japan, despite the killing of ex-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in July last year. Shootings of multiple police officers are even rarer, with the last incident ...

The murder of “one of Japan’s most influential modern leaders” – as the Financial Times described Abe – has sent shockwaves across the country, which has one of the lowest rates of gun ...

He later died in hospital. Gun crime of this severity is rare in Japan where firearms are heavily regulated. It's unknown what led to the violence or how the suspect had a gun, reported as a ...