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Tetsuya Yamagami, bottom, is detained near the site of gunshots in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, on July 8, 2022. Japanese prosecutors formally charged the suspect in the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with murder, Japan's NHK public television reported Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. (Katsuhiko Hirano/The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP, File)

Political assassinations on the rise around the world, analysts say

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Couples from around the world attend a mass wedding ceremony at the Cheong Shim Peace World Center in Gapyeong, South Korea, on Feb. 7, 2020. South Korean and foreign couples exchanged or reaffirmed marriage vows in the Unification Church's mass wedding arranged by Hak Ja Han Moon, wife of the late Rev. Sun Myung Moon, the controversial founder of the Unification Church. The assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has revealed long-suspected, little-talked-of links between him and the Unification Church. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

Unification Church vows to fight ‘biased’ disbandment request

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

People offer prayers for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Zojoji temple in Tokyo, Japan, Saturday, July 8, 2023. Japan marked first anniversary of the death of Abe who was shot while giving an outdoor campaign speech.(AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)

Japanese leaders mark 1 year since the assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

A man believed to be a suspect, center on the ground, is caught by police after he allegedly threw the suspicious object, as Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visited Saikazaki port for an election campaign event in Wakayama, western Japan Saturday, April 15, 2023. Kishida was evacuated unharmed Saturday after someone threw an explosive device in his direction while he was campaigning at the fishing port in western Japan, officials said.(Kyodo News via AP)

Explosive thrown at Japan PM at campaign event; 1 hurt

By Mari Yamaguchi and Foster Klug - Associated Press

Tetsuya Yamagami, bottom, is detained near the site of gunshots in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, on July 8, 2022. Japanese prosecutors formally charged the suspect in the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with murder, Japan's NHK public television reported Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. (Katsuhiko Hirano/The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP, File)

Suspect charged with murder in assassination of Japan’s Abe

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Japan's Vice Foreign Minister Kentaro Sonoura waits for the start of a round table meeting at an EU Syria conference at the Europa building in Brussels on April 5, 2017. Sonoura, a key governing party lawmaker in Japan who has served in key posts, has submitted his resignation over a political funding scandal in a fresh embarrassment for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

Japan ruling party lawmaker quits over funds scandal

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

A portrait of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe hangs on the stage during his state funeral, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022, Tokyo. Abe was assassinated in July. (Franck Robichon/Pool Photo via AP)

Chinese Communists, Japanese allies seek to exploit Abe’s assassination, former officials say

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference in Bangkok, Thailand, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, APEC summit on Nov. 19, 2022. Japan’s parliament on Saturday, Dec. 10, enacted a law to restrict malicious donation solicitations by religious and other groups, which mainly targets the Unification Church, whose fundraising tactics and cozy ties with the governing party caused public outrage. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)

New Japan law aims at Unification Church fundraising abuses

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Police officers stand at the outer entrance of the Urumqi No. 3 Detention Center in Dabancheng in western China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region on April 23, 2021. State officials took AP journalists on a tour of a &quot;training center&quot; turned detention site in Dabancheng sprawling over 220 acres and estimated to hold at least 10,000 prisoners - making it by far the largest detention center in China and among the largest on the planet. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Conference promotes religious freedom as a human right

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

The portrait of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is seen on the altar during his state funeral at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2022. (Franck Robichon/Pool Photo via AP)

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe: A historic leader

By Newt Gingrich

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. Kishida has said his ruling party will cut ties with the Unification Church following a widening scandal trigged by former leader Shinzo Abe's assassination last month. A prominent European religious freedom group wants the top United Nations human rights body to examine what it claims has been a "campaign of intolerance, discrimination, and persecution of the Unification Church" in Japan following the July assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama, Pool) **FILE**

Rights group questions backlash against Unification Church after Abe assassination

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama, Pool)

Japan PM apologizes for party’s church links, will cut ties

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Tetsuya Yamagami, the alleged assassin of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, gets out of a police station in Nara, western Japan, on July 10, 2022, on his way to local prosecutors' office. A glimpse of Yamagami's painful childhood has led to a surprising amount of sympathy in Japan, where three decades of economic malaise and social disparity have left many feeling isolated and unease. (Nobuki Ito/Kyodo News via AP, File)

Abe murder suspect says life destroyed by mother’s religion

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, center, shouts traditional &quot;Banzai (long life)&quot; cheers with lawmakers and members of his ruling Liberal Democratic (LDP) Party during its annual convention at a hotel in Tokyo on March 5, 2017. Assassinated former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was perhaps the most divisive leader in recent Japanese history. He was also the longest serving and, by many estimations, the most influential. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)

Abe’s complicated legacy looms large for current Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida

By Foster Klug and Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Abe’s killing haunts Japan with questions on handmade guns

By Yuri Kageyama - Associated Press

In this file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pose for a photo prior to their meeting at Akasaka Palace, Japanese state guest house, in Tokyo on May 27, 2019. Mr. Trump has said he hopes to attend the funeral for the slain former prime minister. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

Trump seeking to attend Abe’s funeral in Japan

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

A car which is believed to carry the body of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, arrives at his home Saturday, July 9, 2022, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Abe’s body arrives in Tokyo as country mourns ex-PM’s death

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Nara prefectural police chief Tomoaki Onizuka reacts during a press conference in Nara, western Japan, Saturday, July 9, 2022. A top prefectural police in western Japan on Saturday acknowledged possible problems in their security that failed to prevent former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's assassination the day before, as the shocking scene of the attack repeatedly shown on television and social media has raised questions why the attacker could go so close to him. (Kyodo News via AP)

Nara police chief admits security failure, takes responsibility for Shinzo Abe’s death

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, speaks to media at the Prime Minister's official residence Friday, July 8, 2022, in Tokyo. Japan's former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot during a campaign speech Friday in western Japan and was airlifted to a nearby hospital but he was not breathing and his heart had stopped, officials said. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Assassination of Japan’s Shinzo Abe stuns world leaders

By Eileen Ng - Associated Press

A man prays in front of a makeshift memorial at the scene where the former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot while delivering his speech to support the Liberal Democratic Party's candidate during an election campaign in Nara, western Japan, Friday, July 8, 2022. Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated Friday on a street in western Japan by a gunman who opened fire on him from behind as he delivered a campaign speech — an attack that stunned the nation that has some of the strictest gun control laws anywhere. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

Japan says elections will go on despite the assassination of Shinzo Abe

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times