Japan's embattled Prime Minister Fumio Kishida surprised the country Wednesday by announcing that he'll step down when his party picks a new leader next month. His decision clears the way for his ...

A court found the assailant guilty of attempted murder in the 2023 attack on Fumio Kishida, then prime minister. By Martin Fackler and Hisako Ueno Reporting from Tokyo A court in western Japan ...

TOKYO — A Japanese court on Wednesday convicted a man who threw a homemade pipe bomb at Japan's former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at a 2023 campaign event, sentencing him to 10 years in prison ...

(Shohei Miyano/Kyodo News via AP) Ryuji Kimura, center, is caught by police after he threw a homemade pipe bomb at Japan's former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during a campaign event at a fishing ...

Man Who Attacked Japan's Ex-Prime Minister Kishida Is Convicted and Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese court on Wednesday convicted a man who threw a homemade pipe bomb at ...