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Police have seized DIY weapons found at the home of Japanese ex-PM Shinzo Abes assassin Tetsuya Yamagami including a nine-barrel shotgun (pictured) controlled by a phone.

Nara prefectural police chief Tomoaki Onizuka said Abes assassination was his greatest regret in a 27-year career.

For Shinzo Abe, a life in politics was destined for him - growing up he watched his maternal grandfather lead Japan as Prime Minister and his father work as a foreign minister.

Facility says it made switch after horse mackerel prices rocketed up about 20-30% from last year

Men and women were pictured weeping and praying next to flowers at a site outside of Yamato-Saidaiji Station in Nara, where Abe was shot.

JAPAN - Penguins and otters at Japan's Hakone-en Aquarium, southwest of Tokyo, are not happy about a change in the fish they are being fed. According to an article from CNN, inflation and rising price...

An aquarium employee waves a mackerel near a penguin -- but theres no reaction. When she moves the fish closer to its beak, the penguin turns away haughtily. An otter sniffs the fish, then runs away.

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Picky penguins and ornery otters at a Japanese aquarium are facing the effects of inflation, refusing the new bargain bites their keepers are now offering after a jump in prices. As part of a belt-tightening effort, the Hakone-en aquarium in Kanagawa Prefecture has scrapped some&...