US EditionSuspect Pleads Guilty to Murder of Ex-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
- Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, pleaded guilty to murdering former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during an election event in Nara city on July 8, 2022, according to local media reports.
- Yamagami used a homemade firearm to assassinate Abe, who later died from his injuries, and cited a personal grudge against the Unification Church due to his family's financial ruin caused by donations.
- The Nara District Court will deliver its verdict on January 21, 2026, and the trial has sparked a national investigation into ties between the Unification Church and Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
- The trial has gained nationwide attention, involving multiple court sessions, with 727 people lining up for the limited public seats on the first day, as reported by Kyodo News.
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The man accused of assassinating former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has pleaded guilty on the first day of his trial. Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, told a Tokyo court that "everything is true," according to local media...
Man Pleads Guilty To Assassinating Former Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
Justice will soon be served in Japan. The man who assassinated former Japan prime minister Shinzo Abe plead guilty on Tuesday. While in court on Tuesday, Tetsuya Yamagami addmitted to assassinating Abe in July of 2022. CBS News provided more details on Yamagami’s guilty plea: The gunman accused of killing Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe pleaded guilty Tuesday, three years after the assassination in broad daylight shocked the world. The …
Accused killer of Abe admits to all charges as trial opens in Nara | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
NARA--Tetsuya Yamagami pleaded guilty on Oct. 28 to murder and other charges in connection with the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2022.
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