Tetsuya Yamagami, center, holding a weapon, is detained near the site of gunshots in Nara, Japan, on Friday. He is accused of assassinating former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. (Nara Shimbun / Kyodo News ...

Tokyo — As the U.S. gun control debate intensifies, some Americans are looking overseas for ideas on how to prevent mass shootings. Japan has one of the lowest rates of gun violence in the world.

The world is reacting in horror today after former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated during a campaign speech for another Liberal Democratic Party member candidate in the country’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday sent shock waves around the globe and especially in Japan ...

The assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is sending shockwaves around the world and especially through Japan, a country where gun regulations are strict and shootings are ...

TOKYO (AP) — The assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in broad daylight Friday shocked a world that has come to associate Japan with relatively low crime and strict gun control. Japan's ...