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Tetsuya Yamagami, center, holding a weapon, is detained near the site of gunshots in Nara, Japan, on Friday. He is accused of assassinating former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. (Nara Shimbun / Kyodo News ...

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The assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during a campaign rally in western Japan was especially hard to fathom because it involved a gun — a type of crime that is extremely rare in a ...

Japan, a nation known for Olympic success, has never won a shooting medal. This is due to extremely strict gun laws.

The assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is sending shockwaves around the world and especially through Japan, a country where gun regulations are strict and shootings are ...

TOKYO — 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 ...

Abe, who resigned due to health issues in 2020, was fatally shot in broad daylight on Friday while speaking at a campaign rally in the city of Nara. The police detained a suspect and retrieved a gun ...