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3 Yrs Marked in Japan Since Ex-PM Abe Shot Dead During Campaigning

NARA, JAPAN, JUL 8 – Suspect Tetsuya Yamagami faces trial for the assassination linked to Abe's ties with the Unification Church, whose donations allegedly caused Yamagami's family financial ruin, court says.

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Tuesday marks three years since former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot dead in western Japan while campaigning, with the suspect to go on trial in October in a case that shed light on ruling lawmakers' links to a controversial religious group.

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読売新聞オンライン broke the news in Japan on Tuesday, July 8, 2025.
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