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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.

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[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)

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[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)

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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)

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Maebashi mayoral candidate Ogawa

Maebashi mayoral candidate Akira Ogawa gives her first stump speech on Jan. 28, 2024, in the capital city of Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan.

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LDP leadership election

People gather in front of JR Shimbashi Station in Tokyo on Sept. 22, 2025, to listen to former Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi making a stump speech as official campaigning for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's Oct. 4 leadership election begins.

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Japan upper house election campaign

Yoshihiko Noda, head of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, makes a stump speech in Niigata, northwest of Tokyo, on July 19, 2025, a day before the House of Councillors election.

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Japan upper house election campaign

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, makes a stump speech in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan, on July 19, 2025, a day before the House of Councillors election.

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Upper house election campaigning

Yuichiro Tamaki, leader of the opposition Democratic Party for the People, makes a stump speech in Osaka on July 7, 2025, ahead of the July 20 House of Councillors election.

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Upper house election campaigning

Yoshihiko Noda, head of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, delivers a stump speech in Isesaki, Gunma Prefecture, on July 7, 2025, ahead of the July 20 House of Councillors election.

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Upper house election campaigning

Yoshihiko Noda, head of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, delivers a stump speech in Isesaki, Gunma Prefecture, on July 7, 2025, ahead of the July 20 House of Councillors election.

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Upper house election campaigning

Yoshihiko Noda, head of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, delivers a stump speech in Isesaki, Gunma Prefecture, on July 7, 2025, ahead of the July 20 House of Councillors election.

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Japan PM stump speech ahead of upper house election

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba makes a stump speech in Naha in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa on July 4, 2025, ahead of the July 20 House of Councillors election.

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Japan PM stump speech ahead of upper house election

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba makes a stump speech in Naha in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa on July 4, 2025, ahead of the July 20 House of Councillors election.

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Japan upper house election campaign

People listen to a stump speech in Tokyo's Ikebukuro area on July 3, 2025, as official campaigning begins for the July 20 House of Councillors election.

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Japan upper house election campaign

Tetsuo Saito, head of the Komeito party, the junior partner in Japan's ruling coalition, makes a stump speech in Kobe, western Japan, on July 3, 2025, as official campaigning begins for the July 20 House of Councillors election.

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Japan upper house election campaign

Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura, head of the Japan Innovation Party, makes a stump speech in the western Japan city of Osaka on July 3, 2025, as official campaigning began the same day for the July 20 House of Councillors election.

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Japan upper house election campaign

Japanese Communist Party Chair Tomoko Tamura makes a stump speech in Tokyo on July 3, 2025, as official campaigning begins for the July 20 House of Councillors election.

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Japan upper house election campaign

Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura, head of the Japan Innovation Party, makes a stump speech in the western Japan city of Osaka on July 3, 2025, as official campaigning begins for the July 20 House of Councillors election.

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Japan upper house election campaign

Novelist Naoki Hyakuta, head of the ultranationalist Conservative Party of Japan, makes a stump speech in Tokyo on July 3, 2025, as official campaigning begins for the July 20 House of Councillors election.

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Japan upper house election campaign

Novelist Naoki Hyakuta, head of the ultranationalist Conservative Party of Japan, makes a stump speech in Tokyo on July 3, 2025, as official campaigning begins for the July 20 House of Councillors election.

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Japan upper house election campaign

Sohei Kamiya, head of the conservative populist Sanseito party, makes a stump speech in Tokyo on July 3, 2025, as official campaigning begins for the July 20 House of Councillors election.

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Japan upper house election campaign

Tetsuo Saito, head of the Komeito party, the junior partner in Japan's ruling coalition, makes a stump speech in Kobe, western Japan, on July 3, 2025, as official campaigning begins for the July 20 House of Councillors election.

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Japan upper house election campaign

Yuichiro Tamaki, head of the small opposition Democratic Party for the People, makes a stump speech in Tokyo on July 3, 2025, as official campaigning begins for the July 20 House of Councillors election.

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Japan upper house election campaign

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows people listening to a stump speech in Kobe, western Japan, on July 3, 2025, as official campaigning begins for the July 20 House of Councillors election.

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Japan upper house election campaign

Taro Yamamoto, head of the anti-establishment Reiwa Shinsengumi party, makes a stump speech in Tokyo on July 3, 2025, as official campaigning begins for the July 20 House of Councillors election.

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Japan upper house election campaign

Mizuho Fukushima, head of the tiny opposition Social Democratic Party, makes a stump speech in Tokyo on July 3, 2025, as official campaigning begins for the July 20 House of Councillors election.

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Japan upper house election campaign

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows people listening to a stump speech in Kobe, western Japan, on July 3, 2025, as official campaigning begins for the July 20 House of Councillors election.

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Japan upper house election campaign

Shinji Ishimaru, head of the fringe Path to Rebirth party, makes a stump speech in Tokyo on July 3, 2025, as official campaigning begins for the July 20 House of Councillors election.

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Japan upper house election campaign

Japanese prime minister Shigeru Ishiba, head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, makes a stump speech in Kobe, western Japan, on July 3, 2025, as official campaigning begins for the July 20 House of Councillors election.

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Japan upper house election campaign

Yoshihiko Noda, head of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, makes a stump speech in Kunitomi in Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 3, 2025, as official campaigning begins for the July 20 House of Councillors election.

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Japan upper house election campaign

Yoshihiko Noda, head of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, makes a stump speech in Kunitomi in Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 3, 2025, as official campaigning begins for the July 20 House of Councillors election.

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Japan upper house election campaign

Japanese prime minister Shigeru Ishiba, head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, makes a stump speech in Kobe, western Japan, on July 3, 2025, as official campaigning begins for the July 20 House of Councillors election.

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Japan upper house election campaign

Japanese Communist Party Chair Tomoko Tamura makes a stump speech in Tokyo on July 3, 2025, as official campaigning begins for the July 20 House of Councillors election.

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Japan upper house election campaign

Takashi Tachibana, head of the fringe NHK Party, makes a stump speech in Kobe, western Japan, on July 3, 2025, as official campaigning begins for the July 20 House of Councillors election.

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Japan upper house election campaign

Mizuho Fukushima, head of the tiny opposition Social Democratic Party, makes a stump speech in Tokyo on July 3, 2025, as official campaigning begins for the July 20 House of Councillors election.

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Campaigning begins for Tokyo assembly vote

Yoshihiko Noda, leader of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, speaks in a stump speech in Tokyo on June 13, 2025, the first day of official campaigning for the Tokyo metropolitan assembly election.

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Campaigning begins for Tokyo assembly vote

Yoshihiko Noda, leader of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, speaks in a stump speech in Tokyo on June 13, 2025, the first day of official campaigning for the Tokyo metropolitan assembly election.

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Campaigning begins for Tokyo assembly vote

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike speaks in a stump speech to support a candidate belonging to Tomin First no Kai, or Tokyoites First party, running in the Tokyo metropolitan assembly election, in Tokyo on June 13, 2025, the first day of official campaigning for the poll.

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Campaigning begins for Tokyo assembly vote

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike speaks in a stump speech to support a candidate belonging to Tomin First no Kai, or Tokyoites First party, running in the Tokyo metropolitan assembly election, in Tokyo on June 13, 2025, the first day of official campaigning for the poll.

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Japan politician Tachibana slashed

Takashi Tachibana, leader of Japanese political group "NHK Party," arrives at a police station after being slashed and attacked during a stump speech in Tokyo on March 14, 2025.