TOKYO: A man accused of fatally shooting former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set to go on trial on Tuesday, three years after the assassination of Japan’s longest-serving premier stunned a nation where gun crime and political violence are rare. The trial opens the same day as two of Abe’s former allies, incumbent Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and visiting US President Donald Trump, hold a summit.

TOKYO: A man accused of fatally shooting former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set to go on trial on Tuesday, three years after the assassination of Japan’s longest-serving premier…

A trial has begun in the city of Nara for the man accused of shooting Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe in 2022.