
336 online posts hinting attacks found during Lower House race
Police discovered the posts through internet monitoring conducted as part of their efforts to prevent attacks by lone offenders.
The Japan Times
Assassin of former PM Abe set to appeal life imprisonment ruling, media reports say
The defense lawyers plan to appeal on Wednesday, the deadline for them to appeal the Jan. 21 ruling by the Nara District Court.
The Japan Times
Shinzo Abe’s assassin gets life sentence
The sentence meted out to Tetsuya Yamagami, who shot the former prime minister in Nara in July 2022, brings an end to the trial for a murder that shocked Japan.
The Japan TimesTòa án Nhật Bản vừa tuyên án chung thân cho Tetsuya Yamagami, kẻ dùng súng tự chế sát hại cựu Thủ tướng Shinzo Abe vào năm 2022. Vụ án gây chấn động cả nước và làm dấy lên tranh cãi về an ninh chính trị. #ShinzoAbe #TetsuyaYamagami #ViệcChếTạoVũKhí #BảnÁnChungThân
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Kẻ ám sát cựu Thủ tướng Nhật Shinzo Abe lĩnh án chung thân
Tòa án Nhật Bản tuyên án tù chung thân đối với Tetsuya Yamagami, người dùng súng tự chế sát hại cựu Thủ tướng Shinzo Abe năm 2022, vụ án chấn động xã hội Nhật Bản.
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Shinzo Abe’s assassin faces verdict
One of the key points in the trial is how the judges will weigh on Tetsuya Yamagami’s troubled upbringing and motivations for fatally shooting the former prime minister.
The Japan Times
The making of Shinzo Abe’s assassin
Tetsuya Yamagami’s path to the assassination had many turning points, but his alarm over the Unification Church's ties with the prime minister, and financial woes, drove him on.
The Japan Times
Prosecutors demand life sentence for suspect in Shinzo Abe shooting
Tetsuya Yamagami, who pleaded guilty to fatally shooting Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2022, is standing trial for murder and other charges at Nara District Court.
The Japan Times
Abe's wife attends trial of man charged with former PM's murder
Akie Abe sat behind prosecutors at the Nara District Court, using a system for victims' participation in trials. She did not ask questions herself.
The Japan Times
Abe shooter says ‘despair and sense of crisis’ triggered 2022 attack
Tetsuya Yamagami explained how he came to view the politician as a friend of the Unification Church and the urgency he felt to stop their interactions.
The Japan Times“I should not have lived this long,” said Tetsuya Yamagami, the man accused of killing former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, as he took the stand for the first time during his trial at the Nara District Court.
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‘I should not have lived this long,’ man accused of killing Abe tells court
Describing his troubled upbringing and the misery caused by his mother’s devotion to the Unification Church, Tetsuya Yamagami expressed regret.
The Japan Times