Assassination

The super-rare coin was found in area believed to be a military encampment in the civil war that followed the murder

Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, was assassinated on Friday in the city of Nara, Japan. Mr. Abe was 67. Abe was shot while delivering a campaign speech in Nara, and died of his wounds later the same day after...

The attack took place at exactly 17.57 (5.57 PM) on a Saturday afternoon and the news broke shortly afterwards. At the time, I was working as the Rome correspondent for The Independent and The Independent on Sunday. The assignment editor...