Tokyo reportedly seeks to deploy upgraded long-range cruise missiles to the southern Nansei Islands

Japan has executed a 39-year-old man who killed seven people in Tokyo in 2008 during a stabbing rampage.

Japanese police have admitted there were flaws in the security for former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was shot dead in the southern city of Nara on Friday.

A steady stream of mourners on Saturday visited the scene of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's assassination in the western city of Nara, a rare act of political violence that has shocked the nation.

Abe, 62, was airlifted to hospital, but was not breathing and his heart had stopped

He was shot while campaigning for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party for a national election on Sunday

A chilling image of the suspect involved in former PM Shinzo Abe’s shooting has been captured by an onlooker.

Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is showing no vital signs after an apparent attack at a campaign event, according to local media.

Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot during a campaign speech Friday in western Japan and was airlifted to a hospital, with local media reporting that he was not breathing and his heart had stopped.