Trial of shooter of ex-Japan PM Abe

Trial of shooter of ex-Japan PM Abe

Akie Abe (C), widow of assassinated former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, leaves the Nara District Court in Nara on Dec. 3, 2025, after attending for the first time the trial of Tetsuya Yamagami, indicted for fatally shooting Abe during an election stump speech in the western Japan city in 2022.

[Breaking News]Trial of shooter of ex-Japan PM Abe

NARA, Japan, Oct. 28 Kyodo - A car (white) apparently carrying the man accused of shooting and killing former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe enters the Nara District Court in Nara on Oct. 28, 2025, before the first hearing of his trial. Tetsuya Yamagami was indicted for fatally shooting Abe during an election stump speech in the western Japan city in 2022. (Kyodo)

[Breaking News]Trial of shooter of ex-Japan PM Abe

NARA, Japan, Oct. 28 Kyodo - Journalists gather near the Nara District Court in Nara on Oct. 28, 2025, as the first hearing is held of the trial of a man indicted for fatally shooting former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during an election stump speech in the western Japan city in 2022. (Kyodo)

Trial of shooter of ex-Japan PM Abe

Trial of shooter of ex-Japan PM Abe

A car (white) apparently carrying the man accused of shooting and killing former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe enters the Nara District Court in Nara on Oct. 28, 2025, before the first hearing of his trial. Tetsuya Yamagami was indicted for fatally shooting Abe during an election stump speech in the western Japan city in 2022.

Trial of shooter of ex-Japan PM Abe

Trial of shooter of ex-Japan PM Abe

A car apparently carrying the man accused of shooting and killing former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe enters the Nara District Court in Nara on Oct. 28, 2025, before the first hearing of his trial. Tetsuya Yamagami was indicted for fatally shooting Abe during an election stump speech in the western Japan city in 2022.

Trial of shooter of ex-Japan PM Abe

Trial of shooter of ex-Japan PM Abe

Journalists gather near the Nara District Court in Nara on Oct. 28, 2025, as the first hearing is held of the trial of a man indicted for fatally shooting former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during an election stump speech in the western Japan city in 2022.

Trial of shooter of ex-Japan PM Abe

Trial of shooter of ex-Japan PM Abe

Photo taken on Oct. 28, 2025, shows a courtroom of the Nara District Court in Nara ahead of the first hearing of the trial of a man indicted for fatally shooting former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during an election stump speech in the western Japan city in 2022. (Pool photo)

Trial of shooter of ex-Japan PM Abe

Trial of shooter of ex-Japan PM Abe

Photo taken on Oct. 28, 2025, shows a courtroom of the Nara District Court in Nara ahead of the first hearing of the trial of a man indicted for fatally shooting former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during an election stump speech in the western Japan city in 2022.

Trial of shooter of ex-Japan PM Abe

Trial of shooter of ex-Japan PM Abe

Journalists gather near the Nara District Court in Nara on Oct. 28, 2025, ahead of the first hearing of the trial of a man indicted for fatally shooting former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during an election stump speech in the western Japan city in 2022.

Trial of shooter of ex-Japan PM Abe

Trial of shooter of ex-Japan PM Abe

People form a long line at Nara Park near the Nara District Court in Nara on Oct. 28, 2025, to secure courtroom seating lottery tickets for the first hearing of the trial of a man indicted for fatally shooting former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during an election stump speech in the western Japan city in 2022.

Trial of shooter of ex-Japan PM Abe

Trial of shooter of ex-Japan PM Abe

People form a long line at Nara Park near the Nara District Court in Nara on Oct. 28, 2025, to secure courtroom seating lottery tickets for the first hearing of the trial of a man indicted for fatally shooting former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during an election stump speech in the western Japan city in 2022.

Trial of shooter of ex-Japan PM Abe

Trial of shooter of ex-Japan PM Abe

People form a long line at Nara Park near the Nara District Court in Nara on Oct. 28, 2025, to secure courtroom seating lottery tickets for the first hearing of the trial of a man indicted for fatally shooting former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during an election stump speech in the western Japan city in 2022.

Trial of shooter of ex-Japan PM Abe

Trial of shooter of ex-Japan PM Abe

People form a long line at Nara Park near the Nara District Court in Nara on Oct. 28, 2025, to secure courtroom seating lottery tickets for the first hearing of the trial of a man indicted for fatally shooting former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during an election stump speech in the western Japan city in 2022.

Ex-Japan PM Aso

Ex-Japan PM Aso

Former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, currently serving as the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's supreme advisor, speaks at a meeting of his intraparty faction on Sept. 3, 2025, in Yokohama, near Tokyo.

Ex-Japan PM Aso

Ex-Japan PM Aso

Former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, currently serving as the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's supreme advisor, speaks at a meeting of his intraparty faction on Sept. 3, 2025, in Yokohama, near Tokyo.

Ex-Japan PM Aso

Ex-Japan PM Aso

Former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, currently serving as the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's supreme advisor, speaks at a meeting of his intraparty faction on Sept. 3, 2025, in Yokohama, near Tokyo.

Ex-Japan PM Aso

Ex-Japan PM Aso

Former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, currently serving as the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's supreme advisor, speaks at a meeting of his intraparty faction on Sept. 3, 2025, in Yokohama, near Tokyo.

Ex-Japan PM Aso

Ex-Japan PM Aso

Former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, currently serving as the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's supreme advisor, speaks at a meeting of his intraparty faction on Sept. 3, 2025, in Yokohama, near Tokyo.

Ex-Japan PM meets S. Korea president

Ex-Japan PM meets S. Korea president

Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (L), head of the Japan-South Korea Parliamentarians' Union, holds talks with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung at the presidential office in Seoul on July 30, 2025.

Ex-Japan PM meets S. Korea president

Ex-Japan PM meets S. Korea president

Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (L), head of the Japan-South Korea Parliamentarians' Union, shakes hands with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung as they hold talks at the presidential office in Seoul on July 30, 2025.

3rd anniv. of ex-Japan PM Abe's killing

3rd anniv. of ex-Japan PM Abe's killing

Akie Abe, the widow of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, speaks during a memorial event in Nagato in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, on July 8, 2025, the third anniversary of his assassination in Nara Prefecture.

3rd anniv. of ex-Japan PM Abe's killing

3rd anniv. of ex-Japan PM Abe's killing

Japanese Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba speaks to the press after offering flowers and prayers at a memorial for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in a cemetery in the western Japan city of Nara on July 8, 2025, the third anniversary of his assassination in the city.

3rd anniv. of ex-Japan PM Abe's killing

3rd anniv. of ex-Japan PM Abe's killing

Japanese Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba offers a prayer at a memorial for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in a cemetery in the western Japan city of Nara on July 8, 2025, the third anniversary of his assassination in the city.

3rd anniv. of ex-Japan PM Abe's killing

3rd anniv. of ex-Japan PM Abe's killing

Japanese Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba lays flowers at a memorial for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in a cemetery in the western Japan city of Nara on July 8, 2025, the third anniversary of his assassination in the city.

Ex-Japan PM Kishida in Jakarta

Ex-Japan PM Kishida in Jakarta

Former Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks to reporters following a meeting with Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto in Jakarta on May 5, 2025.

Ex-Japan PM Kishida in Jakarta

Ex-Japan PM Kishida in Jakarta

Former Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) shakes hands with Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto in Jakarta on May 5, 2025.

Ex-Japan PM Kishida

Ex-Japan PM Kishida

Former Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 26, 2024, after holding talks with current Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.

Ex-Japan PM Suga in Hanoi

Ex-Japan PM Suga in Hanoi

Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (L) holds talks with Vietnamese President To Lam in Hanoi on July 25, 2024.

Ex-Japan PM Suga in Hanoi

Ex-Japan PM Suga in Hanoi

Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (L) shakes hands with Vietnamese President To Lam in Hanoi on July 25, 2024.

2nd anniv. of ex-Japan PM Abe's killing

NARA, Japan, July 8 Kyodo -A man offers flowers at an altar in Nara on July 8, 2024, the second anniversary of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's assassination in the western Japan city.(Kyodo)

2nd anniv. of ex-Japan PM Abe's killing

2nd anniv. of ex-Japan PM Abe's killing

A man offers flowers at an altar in Nara on July 8, 2024, the second anniversary of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's assassination in the western Japan city.

2nd anniv. of ex-Japan PM Abe's killing

2nd anniv. of ex-Japan PM Abe's killing

Photo of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is seen placed on a podium in Nara on July 8, 2024, the second anniversary of his assassination in the western Japan city.

2nd anniv. of ex-Japan PM Abe's killing

2nd anniv. of ex-Japan PM Abe's killing

A man prays at a stone monument dedicated to former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in a cemetery in Nara on July 7, 2024, the eve of the second anniversary of his assassination in the western Japan city.

2nd anniv. of ex-Japan PM Abe's killing

2nd anniv. of ex-Japan PM Abe's killing

Photo shows a stone monument dedicated to former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in a cemetery in Nara on July 7, 2024, the eve of the second anniversary of his assassination in the western Japan city.

Ex-Japan PM Aso in New York

Ex-Japan PM Aso in New York

Former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso (L), vice president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, returns to his hotel in New York on April 23, 2024, after meeting with Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump.

Ex-Japan PM Aso in New York

Ex-Japan PM Aso in New York

Former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso (2nd from L), vice president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, comes out of Trump Tower in New York on April 23, 2024, after meeting with Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump.

[Breaking News] Fire at ex-Japan PM Tanaka's residence

TOKYO, Japan Kyodo - Video taken on Jan. 8, 2024, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows smoke rising from what was the residence of the late former Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka after a fire broke out in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward. (Kyodo)

Fire at ex-Japan PM Tanaka's residence

Fire at ex-Japan PM Tanaka's residence

Photo taken on Jan. 8, 2024, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows smoke rising from what was the residence of the late former Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka after a fire broke out in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward.

Fire at ex-Japan PM Tanaka's residence

Fire at ex-Japan PM Tanaka's residence

Photo taken on Jan. 8, 2024, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows smoke rising from what was the residence of the late former Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka after a fire broke out in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward.

Fire at ex-Japan PM Tanaka's residence

Fire at ex-Japan PM Tanaka's residence

Photo taken on Jan. 8, 2024, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows smoke rising from what was the residence of the late former Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka after a fire broke out in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward.

Fire at ex-Japan PM Tanaka's residence

Fire at ex-Japan PM Tanaka's residence

Photo taken on Jan. 8, 2024, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows smoke rising from what was the residence of the late former Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka after a fire broke out in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward.

Fire at ex-Japan PM Tanaka's residence

Fire at ex-Japan PM Tanaka's residence

Photo taken on Jan. 8, 2024, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows smoke rising from what was the residence of the late former Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka after a fire broke out in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward.

Ex-Japan PM Fukuda in Beijing

Ex-Japan PM Fukuda in Beijing

Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda meets the press in Beijing on Oct. 26, 2023, after holding talks with Chinese Vice President Han Zheng the previous day.

Ex-Japan PM Suga

Ex-Japan PM Suga

Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga speaks to reporters in the central Japan city of Fukui on Sept. 19, 2023.

Ex-Japan PM Aso in Taiwan

Ex-Japan PM Aso in Taiwan

Former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, currently vice president of the nation's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, speaks at a regional security conference in Taipei on Aug. 8, 2023.

Ex-Japan PM Aso in Taiwan

Ex-Japan PM Aso in Taiwan

Former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso (L), currently vice president of the nation's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, and Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen smile during their meeting in Taipei on Aug. 8, 2023.

Ex-Japan PM Aso in Taiwan

Ex-Japan PM Aso in Taiwan

Former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso (R), currently vice president of the nation's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, poses for photos with Taiwanese Vice President William Lai in Taipei on Aug. 8, 2023.

Ex-Japan PM Aso in Taiwan

Ex-Japan PM Aso in Taiwan

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen (R) speaks during a meeting with former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, currently vice president of the nation's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, in Taipei on Aug. 8, 2023.

Ex-Japan PM Aso in Taiwan

Ex-Japan PM Aso in Taiwan

Former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, currently vice president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, makes a speech at an international forum in Taipei, Taiwan, on Aug. 8, 2023.

Ex-Japan PM Aso in Taiwan

Ex-Japan PM Aso in Taiwan

Former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, currently vice president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, makes a speech at an international forum in Taipei, Taiwan, on Aug. 8, 2023.